The Age Book of the Year 2010 Poetry Shortlist
Wimmera
$39.95 – Paperback book / Black Pepper
Replacing the battles of heroes and gods with the struggle of mortal humans with time and space, ‘Wimmera’ re-invents the epic. ‘Wimmera’ is the history of a region and seedbed of a vision where ‘the bunyip indeed lays d... Buy or find out more →
A Whistled Bit Of Bop
$27.50 – Paperback book / Vagabond Press
Ken Bolton’s A Whistled Bit of Bop begins and ends with poems that embrace the abstract through collage — working with pre-existing materials, the initial selection often arbitrary. ‘Double Trouble’ deals with time and... Buy or find out more →
Taller When Prone
$24.95 – Paperback book / Black Inc
Taller When Prone is Les Murray's first volume of new poems since 2006's The Biplane Houses. With characteristic grace and dexterity, these poems combine a mastery of form with a matchless ear for the Australian vernacul... Buy or find out more →
Pirate Rain
$24.00 – Paperback book / Giramondo Publishing
Pirate Rain explores arbitrary power, as delivered by piratical, natural and human forces. Greed and ambition cause disasters in the poems, in complex sequences – featuring Hillary Clinton and Eleanor Roosevelt, and the ... Buy or find out more →
Authentic Local
$20.95 – Paperback book / Paper Tiger
"Pam Brown’s poetry attends to the soundbites and transitoriness of contemporary Australian life. Her dazzling wordplay gives us glistening souvenirs of overblown politik-speak, uncontrolled Western consumption, and the ... Buy or find out more →