QLD contributor
Precise observation is considered a prerequisite for poetry, but there are limits as to what a surfeit of detail can bring to a poem, or even to an entire volume. Three new poetry collections, each different in tone and subject matter, deploy close observation to varying degrees of success across poems that scrutinise domestic tension, interspecies dynamics, landscape, and everyday grace.
... (read more)The International Brigades: Fascism, freedom and the Spanish Civil War by Giles Tremlett
by Luke Stegemann •
The Truth of the Palace Letters by Paul Kelly and Troy Bramston & The Palace Letters by Jenny Hocking
by Jon Piccini •
In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World by Danielle Clode
by Gemma Betros •
Show Me Where It Hurts: Living with invisible illness by Kylie Maslen
by Kate Crowcroft •
The Power Broker: Mark Leibler, an Australian Jewish life by Michael Gawenda
by David Trigger •