In 2022, Liquid Amber Press conducted a poetry competition which asked entrants to respond to a number of prompts relating to the theme of ‘encounter’. The long-listed poems were subsequently published in Poetry of Encounter: The Liquid Amber Prize Anthology, edited by Anne M. Carson and Rose Lucas. First Prize was awarded to Reneé Pettitt-Shipp… Read More Liquid Amber Poetry Prize 2022
The long-running writing group, Yass Valley Writers, recently released a fifth collection of their work. Voices from the Valley: An Anthology of Stories and Verse (Volume V) was edited by Jane Baker, with cover illustration by Katherine Cameron. Based in the town of Yass, New South Wales, the group provides a welcoming and friendly forum… Read More Yass Valley Writers’ Anthology: Volume V
Colin Campbell released his book, simply titled ‘poems‘, in late 2021. The collection was published by Stringybark Publishing. Colin was born and raised in Suffolk, England, before spending many years in far north Queensland, Australia. He currently lives in Canberra. Many of Colin’s poems tell stories of rural life, often drawing upon his childhood in… Read More Colin Campbell: Poems
Each year, WA Poets Inc conducts the Ros Spencer Poetry Contest. Periodically, an anthology of selected poems from the contest is published, with the most recent anthology, Brushstrokes II: Ros Spencer Poetry Contest Anthology 2020-21 having been released in November 2021. The poems in the collection were selected by former judges, Ann Gilchrist and Mike… Read More Ros Spencer Poetry Contest Anthology 2020-21
Poetry for the Planet: An Anthology of Imagined Futures, edited by Julia Kaylock and Denise O’Hagan, was published by Litoria Press in 2021. Amid global concern over climate change, this collection of poems by Australian and New Zealand writers contemplates country, biodiversity, habitat and imagined futures for our planet. The Foreword is provided by Kelly… Read More Poetry for the Planet: an anthology
Each year, WA Poets publishes an anthology of selected entries from their Poetry d’Amour Love Poetry Contest. The judge of this year’s contest, Peter Jeffery OAM, also chose the poems for inclusion in the anthology. As always, the anthology includes a wonderful selection of poems on the subject of love in all its forms. Love… Read More Poetry d’Amour 2021
Australian poet, Jane Baker, has released a collection of poems which depict the everyday joys and struggles of men, women and children from around the world. Her book is titled, ‘People’. Jane is widely travelled, having been to a host of countries including Israel, Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, India and China. She draws on these experiences… Read More Jane Baker: People
Matt Hetherington’s latest book, Kaleidoscopes, was published by Recent Work Press in 2020. Matt was in Canberra last December to read from the book at Smith’s Alternative. Matt’s poems rarely sit still for very long. The images come thick and fast, constantly changing colour and morphing into new shapes. Perhaps these two lines from Loose… Read More Matt Hetherington: Kaleidoscopes
Gregory Piko 