This is the bush — Banjo Paterson was never like this —
 Australia's first major epic poem
 Wimmera by Homer Rieth
 
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       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

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History of the Day by Stephen Edgar
    author of Other Summers
 
His poems are more sheerly beautiful from moment to moment than those of any other modern poet I can think of
     Clive James, Times Literary Supplement
  
There is nothing else like it in contemporary Australian poetry
     Paul Hetherington, Australian Book Review          

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Jennifer Harrison

Hugh Tolhurst

Wayne Macauley

Alan Loney

Alan Cornell

Adrienne Eberhard

Jennifer Harrison reflects on fable in poetry, ancient and contemporary, and on her book Folly & Grief

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