When Bill Tully Stephen Matthews and Ian McFarlane sat down in a Canberra café to consider the idea of co-editing a quarterly journal of comment and review they were seeking to increase the relevance of Australian literature and encourage the independence of political social and cultural comment. That idea became Voice and the first issue was ......
I never knew my grandmother Mary Ellen Kerr Peach. Then some old letters came into my possession; my paper chase began. I learnt how she epitomised the young educated women of a century ago who sought to shatter the shibboleths of sexism by persistence and conviction. She wanted to teach and thus guide girls and boys equally towards worthwhile ......
In his first journey Hamlin Baylis Wells thirty years an undercover detective has a major decision to make. His immaculate career and religious convictions are at odds with an impulsive decision not to declare a large sum of money found during a police operation. In the resulting journey of self-discovery he finds a way to atone for his ......
In the first of these linked stories Smithy's cupboard has always been his refuge despite its different locations and uses. It serves him well in his childhood days on the Wimmera area broad-acre farm in Victoria where he was born and grew up. He plays with his toy soldiers inside the secret place. As he grows to observe wild life and later hunt ......
Three novellas in one volumeAlways in DenialDenial justification and revenge dance through this novella a page-turning story topical yet as old as mankind about the shame of sexual abuse. Lies follow John Taylor all of his life and create a pattern which he had not foreseen. A sinful person is believed to be virtuous; a wronged person gets ......
The poet Sylvia Plath wrote in 'Black Rook in Rainy Weather' 'let spotted leaves fall as they fall / without ceremony or portent'. If I think of my stories as leaves then they are leaves from many different trees. Or maybe they are just many different colours. These stories are selected from four collections published by Ginninderra Press and ......
A Man of Emails follows on from Michael Byrne's previous collection Southbound. Again there is the balance between his painterly imagism and his quirky use of traditional form. With technical flair and flamboyancy Byrne explores matters relating to his history environment and psyche. Get to know A Man of Emails.'There is manifest intelligence ......
'Jacqueline Buswell's first collection of poems is a very solid contribution to contemporary Australian poetry. Hers is a journey with eyes wide open a well-tuned voice and firm steps into evocations and ironic reflections. A great fusion of rhythms and forms themes and personal experiences. Lucidity and compassion.' - Mario Licón ......
'John Sabine writes with the authority and gentle humour of experience. As I savoured this collection of his poetry I felt like a child at the knee of a venerable grandfather listening absorbing with wonder the things he was opening my eyes and senses to. Yet I also found myself thinking 'Oh yes I know just what you mean...' when he writes of ......
