David Brelsford was born in Nottinghamshire and came to Australia in 1965. He worked for many years as a postman before becoming a library technician. He lived in Sydney Hawaii Queanbeyan and Brisbane before retiring to Launceston Tasmania in 2007. He is married with three sons and – to date – one grandson. A long-distance ......
In this sensitive fresh and varied collection Adrian Lane celebrates God’s wonderful creation from the Mediterranean summers of Montenegro to the Arctic blues of Greenland and northern Norway. Yet he is simultaneously frankly alert to the horrors jealousies and brokenness of this world exploring the yearnings felt by many for yet ......
In The Painted Lady Suzanne Edgar focuses on art the natural world the intimacy of love human caprice. These poems will stop you in your tracks with the force of their emotional intensity.
‘…a highly intelligent inventive and gifted poet…’ – Les Murray
Written over several years these poems were shared with good friends of similar interests. They reflect encounters with places from Yorkshire to Canberra to the South Coast of NSW and with familiar people and books
‘Sit quietly with these poems and you’ll come to know how stillness can come alive with blossom memory playfulness birdsong companionship prayer mystery.’ – Peter Bishop Creative Director Varuna – The Writers’ House
Nicola Knox was brought up in country Victoria and her work has always been influenced by the landscapes of childhood despite living since marrying in Sydney that most urban of cities. She worked as a journalist and in public relations with a bypass to writing advertising copy which looking back is probably an excellent day job for a poet. ......
We were enjoying a blissful life making the most of every day. I the poet was still rather bemused by the freedoms of retirement and Stephen was doing what he loves – publishing. Our idyll was rudely interrupted when we were told that Stephen had cancer. We were suddenly thrust into an unaccustomed world. This is not a horror story. ......
Some years ago a friend who had just become a grandparent told Wilma Davidson that every other love prepared you for the love a grandparent feels for a grandchild and this love is like no other. The moment Wilma held her granddaughter for the first time; she knew this to be true that this was indeed Grand Love. This collection of poetry ......
Christopher Palmer was born in Brisbane in 1969 and raised in the UK. He has lived in many places since returning to Australia in 1987 and currently lives in Canberra where he completed a PhD in the biological sciences in 2005. He’s happiest in the ecotone between the arts and sciences and moves habitually between both. His poetry has ......
