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States of Poetry 2016 VIC Podcast | 'The Book of Interdictions' by A. Frances Johnson

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One 29 June 2016
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, A. Frances Johnson reads three poems from 'The Book of Interdictions' which features in the 2016 Victorian anthology.   Tow Lo, the cell phone sleeps in its cell.The raven deactivates the horizon.There is water for everyone,but not the kind you can drink.The interdiction crews bring slabsof plastic bottles and one-syll ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 NSW Podcast | 'egress' by Susie Anderson

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One 29 June 2016
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson reads her poem 'egress' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.   egress someone is leaving a plane and feeling the city wrap around them again. the atmosphere, it is always heavy around here. what that means is that it's humid. within the person there is an internal battle, then there is a decision, t ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 NSW Podcast | 'minimum spend' by Susie Anderson

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One 29 June 2016
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson reads her poem 'minimum spend' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.   minimum spend at the patisserie the waitresses speak in French to each other while they slowly put in your coffee order. they do not seem rushed and their dialogue makes the experience seem authentic. I did not have cash and asked ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 NSW Podcast | 'the bus' by Susie Anderson

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One 29 June 2016
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson reads her poem 'the bus' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.   the bus I am always on the edge of being careless. if I am leaving a table at a bar, for example, people always remind me to pick up my phone or my wallet as opposed to forgetting it. it is kind that people care to remind me. leaving th ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 NSW Podcast | 'time conquers all' by Susie Anderson

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One 29 June 2016
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson reads her poem 'time conquers all' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.   time conquers all all of the businessmen are pleased to be outside on their lunchbreak. young men looking slightly awkward in suits reminds me of a past lover and I assume I will make this association for the rest of my life. ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 NSW Podcast | Introduction and 'small town apocalypse' by Susie Anderson

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One 29 June 2016
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson introduces her anthology and reads her poem 'small town apocalypse' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.   small town apocalypse  she used to walk out to the road at the end of town, put her arms and legs up to the sky and stretch out to reach all of the stars. the next summer it seemed like sh ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 SA Podcast | 'Suburban Panopticon' by Thom Sullivan

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One 28 June 2016
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Thom Sullivan reads his poem 'Suburban Panopticon' which features in the 2016 SA anthology.   Suburban Panopticon i. birds have their own topography : overlaidon ours : which is vertical & detailed :with its own system of needs :its own deviations : the nerve-endsin my fingertips : & a tremor in my latissimus ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 QLD Podcast | 'Quetzalcoatl' by Sarah Holland-Batt

States of Poetry Podcast - Series One 28 June 2016
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Sarah Holland-Batt reads her poem 'Quetzalcoatl' which features in the 2016 QLD anthology.   Quetzalcoatl  —for Vera Pavlova, in Mexico City On the bus to Teotihuacan, we turna new god's name on our tongues like a charm, jagging pastcinderblocked hills chocked over the motorway,grey pixels stacked so high the ... (read more)

The Update - June 28, 2016

ABR Arts 28 June 2016
ANAM and BPO Brett Dean is the subject of our next Stage Door interview in the magazine (August). Michael Shmith discusses Dean's remarkable career with the composer-violist, with particular reference to his new opera, Hamlet, which will première at Glyndebourne in June 2017. (Arts Update, like many, eagerly awaits news of an Australian première.) In the interview, Brett Dean – a former Dire ... (read more)