Poetry

To Sculpt The Moment: Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2008 edited by Hunter Writers’ Centre

by Anthony Lynch •

February 2009, no. 308

Hunter Writers’ Centre, $20 pb, 170 pp, 9780975835456

Poetry

To Sculpt The Moment: Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2008 edited by Hunter Writers’ Centre

by Anthony Lynch •

February 2009, no. 308

Despite the deadly title, this anthology of twenty-eight poems from the 2008 Newcastle Poetry Prize is replete with gems. Assembled from 423 entries by judges Jan Owen, Philip Salom, and Richard Tipping – effectively the anthology’s editors – it is a brilliant sampler that few anthologies can match for the legroom offered to the longer poem and poetry sequence.

Anthony Lynch

Anthony Lynch lives on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, where he writes poetry, fiction, and reviews. His work has appeared in The Age, The Best Australian Poems, Island, and Southerly. His short story collection Redfin (2007) was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards. His poetry collection Night Train was published in late 2011 by Clouds of Magellan. He is publisher at the independent publishing house Whitmore Press and an editor at Deakin University.