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Coupling Intellect and Passion : Dominique Hecq Reviews ‘First Blood’ by Natalie D-Napoleon,
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— Review of First Blood 2019 selected work poetry ;'Natalie D-Napoleon is a writer, singer-songwriter and educator from Fremantle with an MA in Creative Writing currently working on her PhD. She came to prominence on the poetry scene when she won the 2018 Bruce Dawe Poetry Prize with ‘First Blood: A Sestina’. Also titled First Blood, her debut collection explores various histories—her own, her forebears’, and the wider histories of identity and place. D-Napoleon grew up on a farm on the outskirts of Perth worked by her Croatian-immigrant parents. Her childhood is embedded in that landscape, that culture, and the realisation that the world is much larger. The poems vividly render a girlhood and coming of age coloured by the experience of dislocation.' (Introduction)
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A Deep Archive : the Docupoetry of Jeanine Leane & Natalie Harkin : Mark Prendergast Reviews ‘Walk Back Over’ by Jeanine Leane and ‘Archival-Poetics’ by Natalie Harkin.,
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— Review of Walk Back Over 2018 selected work poetry ; Archival-Poetics 2019 selected work poetry ; - The Hurricanei"In the heart of the hurricane belt", single work poetry
- Lovers and Luggersi"I want to know how it feels", single work poetry
- ‘In the Silence of the Custard’i"night crept in, stumbled and fell at my feet", single work poetry
- Robert Adamson Reading at the The Inaugural ‘Reading the River’ Poetry Reading, 17 January 2020., single work
- Laurie Duggan Reading at the The Inaugural ‘Reading the River’ Poetry Reading, 17 January 2020., single work column
- Anne Casey Reading at the the Inaugural ‘Reading the River’ Poetry Reading, 17 January 2020., single work column
- ‘The Lactic Acid in the Calves of Your Despair’ : a Video Poem by Ali Whitelock, single work poetry
- This Is Coal Don’t Be Afraid, single work poetry
- Launching Aidan Coleman - Aidan Coleman, His Launch, single work column
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Fluid and Shifts : Gail Hennessy Launches ‘Knitting Mangrove Roots’ by Kerri Shying,
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'Gail Hennessy launched Knitting Mangrove Roots by Kerri Shying at the Markwell Poet’s Picnic on 22 December 2019.'
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Tricia Dearborn Virtually Launches 'The Lactic Acid in the Calves of Your Despair' by Ali Whitelock,
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'Tricia Dearborn was scheduled to launch Ali Whitelock’s the lactic acid in the calves of your despair at Better Red than Dead in Newtown. Unfortunately that launch, along with many other launches and readings had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis. Here then, is a virtual launch of the lactic acid in the calves of your despair by Ali Whitelock.'
- Vale : John Passant, single work obituary
- Vale : Bruce Dawe, single work obituary
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Reclaiming Women’s Position in Film Making History : Sarah St Vincent Welch Reviews Three Films by Karen Pearlman,
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Review three short films: Woman with an Editing Bench (2016), After the Facts (2018), and I want to make a film about women (2019)
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Memory as Dream, Dream as Memory : Shirley Lu Reviews ‘South in the World’ by Lisa Jacobson,
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— Review of South in the World 2014 selected work poetry ;'The colours on the cover of Lisa Jacobson’s South in the World suggest a sunset. Blooming clouds, glowing sky. An image that summons deep breaths. Blink, and there’s violence in the scene. Not clouds, but smoke moving as quickly as the forest fire that must be beneath it. This sensation of stillness one moment and then suffocation the next is a sensation I felt throughout the collection, full of poems that capture the sweetness of childhood along with the speed and danger of adolescence and adulthood. This feels like a highly personal work. Jacobson’s poems are beautifully written, and the collection is tightly structured: divided into five parts, the collection explores the themes of childhood and motherhood, faith and loss of faith, and activism and awareness.' (Introduction)
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The Power of Words: Henry Briffa Reviews ‘Unspeakable’ by Petr Malapanis,
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— Review of Unspeakable 2019 selected work poetry ;'Malapanis has been writing for 20 years and her first solo collection does not disappoint, unless you were hoping it might be nominated for the Anne Elder award . Unfortunately, it does not have the required minimum 20-page length. But the art of a good work, is its quality, its tightness and thematic unity. This book has all that. It leaves me wanting to read more of Malapanis. The twelve poems that form this collection are all rich.' (Introduction)
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Words, Perception, Memory and Poetry : John Jenkins Reviews ‘Ashbery Mode’ Edited by Michael Farrell,
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— Review of Ashbery Mode 2019 anthology poetry ;'Ashbery Mode is an anthology of poems by 67 of some of the brightest and most innovative contemporary poets from all around Australia; and also contains a 1992 photo portrait of John Ashbery, plus a thumb-nail sketch and several concrete poems. I also have a poem included, but will endeavour to be objective.' (Introduction)
- Gatei"At the gate her crying starts", single work poetry