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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 The Sky's Beach : Poems and Drawings
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Notes

  • The Sky's Beach is R. A. Simpson's last book. It was completed shortly before his death in October 2002.
  • Dedication: For Alex Skovron
  • Epigraph: You walk on the sky's beach (Kenneth Slessor, South Country)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,: Five Islands Press , 2004 .
      Extent: xiii, 74p.p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Foreword by Peter Porter.
      ISBN: 174128046X
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Works about this Work

Untitled Phil Ilton , 2007-2008 single work review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Summer vol. 15 no. 1 2007-2008; (p. 63-65)
— Review of The Sky's Beach : Poems and Drawings R. A. Simpson , 2004 selected work poetry
Place and Identity in New Australian Poetry S. C. Harrex , 2005 single work review criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 96-111) Contends that the map of Australian verse has been progressively configured since 1975, and that this is evident in poems published during the the year 2004 - 2005.
The Infinite Oval Martin Duwell , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 266 2004; (p. 56-57)
— Review of The Sky's Beach : Poems and Drawings R. A. Simpson , 2004 selected work poetry
R. A. Simpson : Poet and Artist Tim (fl. 1965) Bass , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Blue Dog : Australian Poetry , June vol. 3 no. 5 2004; (p. 66-70) Part of an address at the opening of an exhibition of Simpson's art-work, which was also the occasion of the launch of The Sky's Beach.
The Infinite Oval Martin Duwell , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 266 2004; (p. 56-57)
— Review of The Sky's Beach : Poems and Drawings R. A. Simpson , 2004 selected work poetry
Untitled Phil Ilton , 2007-2008 single work review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Summer vol. 15 no. 1 2007-2008; (p. 63-65)
— Review of The Sky's Beach : Poems and Drawings R. A. Simpson , 2004 selected work poetry
R. A. Simpson : Poet and Artist Tim (fl. 1965) Bass , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Blue Dog : Australian Poetry , June vol. 3 no. 5 2004; (p. 66-70) Part of an address at the opening of an exhibition of Simpson's art-work, which was also the occasion of the launch of The Sky's Beach.
Place and Identity in New Australian Poetry S. C. Harrex , 2005 single work review criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 96-111) Contends that the map of Australian verse has been progressively configured since 1975, and that this is evident in poems published during the the year 2004 - 2005.
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