How to Fly by Barbara Kingsolver

$29.99 AUD

Category: Poetry and Plays

A beautifully produced gift-edition of Barbara Kingsolver's luminous poetry - to appeal to her loyal fans and fiction readers more generally.

Flood Damages by Eunice Andrada

$24.00 AUD

Category: Poetry and Plays

Powerful first collection by acclaimed Filipina Australian performance poet In Flood Damages Andrada explores themes associated with immigration and inheritance, through the figure of a young Australian Filipina woman, whose family has been irreparably damaged by deportation, violence and illness. The w ounds inflicted by these events, political and personal, are felt most keenly in and through her body - 'your blood sings of the scattered histories/ that left you here' - and in a dramatic use of language, influenced by the rhythms of prayer, which expresses pain and anger with passionate intensity. A performance poet, Andrada combines the theatrical qualities of voice and image in this, her first published collection, affirming the female body as a site of vulnerability and power. ...Show more

Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry by Cassandra Atherton; Paul Hetherington

$39.99 AUD

Category: Poetry and Plays

Prose poetry is a resurgent literary form in the English-speaking world and has been rapidly gaining popularity in Australia. Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington have gathered a broad and representative selection of the best Australian prose poems written over the last fifty years. The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetryincludes numerous distinguished prose poets--Jordie Albiston, joanne burns, Gary Catalano, Anna Couani, Alex Skovron, Samuel Wagan Watson, Ania Walwicz and many more; and documents prose poetry's growing appeal over recent decades, from the poetic margins to the mainstream. This collection reframes our understanding not only of this dynamic poetic form, but of Australian poetry as a whole. ...Show more

Brainwaves by Ziggy Alberts; Tess McCabe (Designed by)

$24.95 AUD

Category: Poetry and Plays

A debut collection of poetry from platinum ARIA accreditated artist Ziggy Alberts, 'brainwaves', explores life's experiences and emotions, inwards and out. Deeply personal, frank, insightful yet relatable, Alberts uncovers his introspective thoughts and lessons learned in conscious and intentional livin g. Almost entirely separate from his lyrical work, readers can discover some of Alberts' most personal realisations from life at home and on the road. brainwavesis a polite requestan invitation intoa vulnerable relationshipbetween the writerand the readerit is an odeto word of mouthto paper pagesto hard copieshanded to strangersshared with loverskept with familyto taking chances on bookswithout knowingthe entirety of its contents firstto do and practice just thatof which we do so little of todaywith books and relationships alike.brainwaveswas not made for the internetit was made for you" ...Show more

Dearly: Poems by Margaret Atwood

$27.99 AUD

Category: Poetry and Plays | Reading Level: near fine

The collection of a lifetime from the bestselling novelist and poet. By turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in transition, as well as the everyday objects and rituals that embed us in the present. Werewolves, sirens and dreams make their appearance, as do various forms of animal life and fragments of our damaged environment. Before she became one of the world's most important and loved novelists, Atwood was a poet. Dearly is her first collection in over a decade. It brings together many of her most recognizable and celebrated themes, but distilled - from minutely perfect descriptions of the natural world to startlingly witty encounters with aliens, from pressing political issues to myth and legend. It is a pure Atwood delight, and long-term readers and new fans alike will treasure its insight, empathy and humour. ...Show more

Home Body by Rupi Kaur

$24.99 AUD

Category: Poetry and Plays

rupi kaur constantly embraces growth, and inhome body , she walks readers through a reflective andintimate journey visiting the past, the present, and the potential of the self. home body is a collection of ofis a collection of raw, honest conversations with oneself -reminding readers to fill up on love , acceptance, community,family, and embrace change. illustrated by the author, themes of nature and nurture, light and dark,rest here. i dive into the well of my bodyand end up in another worldeverything i needalready exists in methere’s no needto look anywhere else else -home ...Show more

Fire Front: First Nations Poetry by Alison Whittaker

$29.99 AUD

Category: Poetry and Plays

This important anthology, curated by Gomeroi poet and academic Alison Whittaker, showcases Australia's most-respected First Nations poets alongside some of the rising stars. Featured poets include Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Ruby Langford Ginibi, Ellen van Neerven, Tony Birch, Claire G. Coleman, Evelyn Araluen, Jack Davis, Kevin Gilbert, Lionel Fogarty, Sam Wagan Watson, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Archie Roach and Alexis Wright. Divided into five thematic sections, each one is introduced by an essay from a leading Aboriginal writer and thinker - Bruce Pascoe, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Chelsea Bond, Evelyn Araluen and Steven Oliver - who reflects on the power of First Nations poetry with their own original contribution. This incredible book is a testament to the renaissance of First Nations poetry happening in Australia right now. ...Show more

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

$24.99 AUD

Category: Poetry and Plays | Reading Level: near fine

The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller Winner of The GoodReads Choice Award for Poetry 2017 From Rupi Kaur, the bestselling author of Milk and Honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. Illustrated by Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and b looming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms. this is the recipe of lifesaid my motheras she held me in her arms as i weptthink of those flowers you plantin the garden each yearthey will teach youthat people toomust wiltfallrootrisein order to bloom ...Show more

Useless Magic by Florence Welch

$35.00 AUD

Category: Poetry and Plays

'Songs can be incredibly prophetic . . . like a kind of useless magic.' The complete lyrics by the iconic vocalist of Florence + the Machine, beautifully interwoven with poems, sketches and jottings from her never-before-seen scrapbooks. This is a glimpse into the work and creative processes of a fearle ssly unique musician - packed full of Florence's on-the-page musings and reproductions of the art that has inspired her dramatic, genre-defying music. ...Show more

We Refugees by LARKING EMMA

$19.99 AUD

Category: Poetry and Plays | Series: Pact Press Charitable Anthologies Ser.

We Refugees is the third anthology in a series designed to spark conversation, promote awareness, and generate funds to advance social justice and amplify the voices of the marginalized. Rather than the vision of crisis so often portrayed in the media, the poems, essays, and personal reflections in We R efugees are moving accounts of individual suffering and fortitude; demonstrations of the great willingness shared by many to bridge cultural divides and offer hope and healing; and celebrations of the courage of people who have been forced to leave their homes and seek new ones. The contributors are Kirsty Anantharajah, Jennifer deBie, Nina Foushee, Robbie Gamble, Akuol Garang, Sharif Gemie, Steven Jakobi, Enesa Mahmic, Loretta Oleck, Virginia Ryan, Judith Skillman, and Mitchell Toews. Pact Press is proud, through the sale of this anthology, to support the work of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), which advocates for, empowers, and provides material support to people seeking asylum. ...Show more

Green Shadows and Other Poems by Gerald Murnane

$24.00 AUD

Category: Poetry and Plays

Gerald Murnane turns to poetry at the end of his literary career, writing frank, disarming poems that traverse the rich span of his life. I esteem / above all poems or passages of prose / those that put a lump in my throat. - Gerald Murnane, 'The Darkling Thrush' Gerald Murnane, now in his eightieth yea r, began his writing career as a poet. After many years as a writer of fiction, he only returned to poetry a few years ago when he moved to Goroke, in the Western Districts of Victoria, after the death of his wife. The forty-five poems collected here are in a strikingly different mode to his fiction - without framing or digressions, and with very few images, they speak openly to the reader of the author's memories, beliefs and experiences. They are for this reason an important addition to his internationally recognised body of fiction, most recently Border Districts and Collected Short Fiction, published by Giramondo. The poems include tributes to his mother and father and to his family, and to places that have played a formative role in his life, like Gippsland, Bendigo, Warrnambool, the Western Districts, and of course Goroke. Especially moving are his poems dedicated to authors who have influenced him - Lesbia Harford and Thomas Hardy, William Carlos Williams, Henry Handel Richardson, Marcel Proust, and with particular force, the eighteenth-century poet John Clare, who gives the collection its title, revered 'not only for his writings / but for his losing his reason when / he was forced from the district he had wanted as his for life.' Praise for Gerald Murnane: 'A strong case could be made for Murnane...as the greatest living English-language writer most people have never heard of.' - New York Times 'No living Australian writer, not even Les Murray, has higher claims to permanence or a richer sense of distinction.' - Sydney Morning Herald ...Show more

BRUNO KRAMZER - FINLAY LLOYD SMALLS 4 by PATRIC A S

$12.00 AUD

Category: Poetry and Plays