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 Black Pepper is one of the livelier new houses that has sprung up after the large publishers decided to exit poetry publishing Geoffrey Lehmann The Weekend Australian, November 2009 |
 This is the bush — Banjo Paterson was never like this —Australia's first major epic poem Wimmera by Homer Rieth TO BE FEATURED ON ABC1 LANDLINE Programming date rescheduled, the segment is to occur after Landline resumes in February In its spiritual vision, it is reminiscent of the cosmic speculations of Wordsworth and Whitman Justin Clemens, University of Melbourne An impressive achievement, and a remarkable piece of work Paul Kane, Vassar College Wimmera is quite extraordinary Geoffrey Lehmann, The Weekend Australian, 7 November 2009 Grand in conception and impressively detailed in execution, this is a significant achievement indeed, and a major contribution to Australian literature Brian Edwards, Australian Book Review, December 2009  History of the Day by Stephen Edgarauthor of Other Summers His poems are more sheerly beautiful from moment to moment than those of any other modern poet Clive James, Times Literary Supplement Here is a work which dares, in a postmodern, Microsoft era, to entertain serious aesthetic contemplations Michelle Cahill, Mascara Literary Review On the short list of the best living practitioners of verse, rhymed or blank Joshua Mehigan, Poetry (Chicago)             
 BLACK PEPPER PICK OF THE MONTH JANUARY 2010  JENNIFER HARRISON’S DEBUT POETRY COLLECTION MICHELANGELO'S PRISONERS (1995) Winner of the 1995 Anne Elder Award Harrison's poetry is of a kind to be found nowhere else. I once saw a baby catching sunlight in his hands - everywhere the child touched he laughed at what he could not touch until language wheeled his pram away and he learned that silhouettes and sun were called chair and where. 'Part One: The Body' is a celebration and critique of medical and scientific achievement made poignant by her own particular experience. 'Part Two: The Sea' broadens out to examine love, childhood, the family, other societies and friendship. Michelangelo’s Prisoners announced the arrival of a significant new poetic voice. |
FORTHCOMING Colombine, New and Selected Poems
NEWSRockling King Other Stories Anne of the Iron Door The Gentle Art of Tossing Alan Cornell
This WomanDEBORAH MASEL TO BE INTERVIEWED ON ABC RADIO NATIONAL THE SPIRIT OF THINGS
CONTACT DETAILSPROGRAMME RESCHEDULED, DETAILS TO BE PROVIDED NEW ALL PUBLICATIONS BROWSE FROM A-Z BY TITLE BROWSE FROM A-Z BY AUTHOR TITLES BY YEAR OPINION Mind, Phrase and Fable
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Jennifer Harrison reflects on fable in poetry, ancient and contemporary, and on her book Folly & Grief
SUBMISSIONS POLICY HISTORY Other Summers
Stephen Edgar Some of the finest lyric poetry to have been written anywhere in recent times Gregory Kratzmann ABR The printing of a masterpiece Alan Loney This gem of a book... reminiscent of writers such as Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco Fiona Capp The Age The Invention of Everyday Life Nicolette Stasko As graceful and compelling as Woolf’s early 20th-century experiment with consciousness Stella Clarke The Australian |
