Rodney Williams and the team at Catchment: Poetry of Place have produced four editions of the Catchment journal, with a fifth due for release in late 2025. Each issue features tanka plus longer forms of poetry. Catchment is published in collaboration with the Baw Baw Arts Alliance. During 2025, the Catchment team have been expanding… Read More Catchment Voices
Kathy Kituai is an award-winning poet, editor and judge from Canberra who is well known for running workshops and retreats in both tanka and longer forms of poetry. Her collection, The Art of Catching Jam Before it Burns: New & Selected Poems, was published by Interactive Press in 2024. At 185 pages, The Art of… Read More Kathy Kituai: The Art of Catching Jam Before it Burns
Kiyoko Ogawa’s book Songs for Spirits: A Selection of Tanka, Haiku and Haibun was published by Taibowsha Corporation in 2022. The collection features 59 tanka, 11 haiku and 3 haibun plus the notation for two musical compositions. The tanka and haiku are presented in both Japanese and English while the haibun are presented in English… Read More Kiyoko Ogawa: Songs for Spirits
Edition 2 of the online journal Catchment – Poetry of Place was published in June 2024. Catchment publishes tanka and longer poems that convey a sense of location. Many of the poems are inspired by scenes and experiences within Australia, though there are always a number of poems relating to other countries. I was pleased… Read More Catchment – Poetry of Place: Edition 2
Eucalypt is a highly regarded, long-running tanka journal edited by Julie Thorndyke. The journal is published in Australia with a new print issue produced in May and November each year. Issue 36 was released in May 2024. Founded by Beverley George in 2006, Eucalypt has maintained a consistent editorial focus over the years, with Beverley… Read More Eucalypt: A Tanka Journal
Catchment – Poetry of Place is an online literary journal based in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The journal has been established under the auspices of the Baw Baw Arts Alliance and is edited by Rodney Williams with the assistance of Jennifer Fell and others. The first edition of the journal was released… Read More Catchment – Poetry of Place
Robyn Cairns is a Melbourne-based poet. Her collection, Horizon, was published by Ginninderra Press earlier in 2023. Robyn’s poems capture the delight of familiar horizons close to home, and new horizons further afield. Horizon presents around 70 haiku with several, tanka, haibun and longer poems interspersed along the way. The residents of Melbourne were subject… Read More Robyn Cairns: Horizon
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
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