No Freedom Too Total
Reviewed onPerth-based poet Liam Blackford’s first collection, A Gateway Has Opened, was published in 2021 by Proverse Hong Kong. In this new and second collection, No Freedom Too Total, Blackford again …
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Tossed Up by the Beak of a Cormorant
Reviewed onIn 2021, I was lucky enough to attend the WA Premier’s Book Awards. Dr Nandi Chinna received the fellowship at that ceremony to spend time on writing development with First …
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Hamlets and Towers
Reviewed onThe best poets have often been inspired by travel and foreign shores, using their experiences to construct a personal mythology of truth while exploring themes of discovery, culture, and the …
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Woven Frays
Reviewed onIs Perth poet Baran Rostamian the love child – metaphorically speaking, of course – of John Ashbery and Melissa Lozada-Oliva? Quite possibly. For in her debut collection Woven Frays, Rostamian’s exuberant …
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Viciously Poetic
Reviewed onIn a world where artificiality jauntily reigns, threatening to drown the soul, Raf Gonzalez’s poetry offers a lifeline. His collection Viciously Poetic is a rich exploration of identity, culture, and the human …
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Almost Like Home
Reviewed on‘So, yes, I agree, without the stars there’s no Dante…’ John Kinsella, Canto: polystyrene soliloquy Rita Tognini’s poems punch holes in the night sky. Truth shines through. Almost Like Home …
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Personal Logistics
Reviewed onPersonal Logistics is East Kimberley-based poet Chris Palazzolo’s first poetry collection with Fremantle Press. Palazzolo studied literature, philosophy and communications at Murdoch University, so it should come as no surprise …
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Wingbeat
Reviewed onIn the introduction to his debut collection which gathers poems written between 2016 and 2023, Tim Kinsella writes that he was ‘surrounded by poetry from a very young age.’ Indeed: …
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Ekhō
Reviewed onThe voices of Ekhō the unfortunate Oread from Greek Mythology and Alexa the unfortunate AI voice service platform from Amazon variously resonate (and at points converge, coalesce and converse) in …
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Hello Keanu! A Poetry Anthology
Reviewed onA long time ago, the world was not particularly keen on Keanu Reeves. It’s hard to believe that now, but it’s fair to say that Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, …
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