'Stephen Matthews’s initiative in establishing Ginninderra Press has made a significant contribution to contemporary Australian literature providing welcome opportunities for both emerging and established writers. Matthews’s dedication and passion are the lifeblood of this unique independent publishing house which had its ......
When Miss Truelove discovers hatboxes full of papers after her mother’s death mysteries of her past begin to resolve. She is compelled to tell the story of her eccentric father Charles Truelove and the scandals surrounding his name. The Choir of Gravediggers takes us back to late nineteenth century Melbourne; a cemetery and a ......
"A Call to Listen is an oasis for those of us who take too little time to stop and refresh our senses. It is a journey through landscapes both familiar and new the beauty and the terror of the places we call home the histories we are living now and remember still. It bridges distance and carries us beyond our shores to examine ......
First Refuge is a collection of poems marking the twentieth birthday of Ginninderra Press as an independent Australian publisher. In 2006 to celebrate Ginninderra Press’s tenth birthday fifty poems were selected by Michael Byrne and published in the collection entitled On Common Water. As well as more recent ......
Why has poetry fallen so sadly by the literary wayside of our hectic digital age? An age if ever there was one needing the kind of humanising empathy that readable (and quotable) poetry can provide. One of the central problems facing poetry today is that we seem to have forgotten (in some cases perhaps deliberately) its link to the emotional ......
"Poems in Neon Moons reflect lives that rise above deprivation and suffering that find joy in their surroundings. Angela Johnson has a well-developed instinct for the transcendent moment and the lyricism to communicate it." - Margaret Bradstock
"Angela Johnson’s poetry celebrates ‘the small ......
‘The imagery and sound in Johnson’s landscape pieces such as ‘Embroidery’ and ‘Endlessly Passing’ showcase this poet at her lyrical best.’ - Lesley Walter
‘The emotional honesty of her writing is impressive; so is the questioning intelligence behind these vivid vignettes.’ - Jean ......
"Robyn Mathison casts a curious and compassionate eye over the natural world and all its inhabitants. Her sense of wonder gives equal measure to cats hens historical figures and family members. The poems engage with provocative questions: Where will memory be when my body leaves? (‘Quiet House’) and arresting ......
Jessica Raschke uses words as shards reflecting fragmented emotional states. Her poems in this collection Luscious Glass Cage glisten with confidence as they ricochet between the abstract and the deeply felt. But feelings are seen as capable of deception and like reflections in a mirror they are reversed and distorted. Despite a ......
