$27.95 (Paperback book / Black Inc / ISBN:9781863952873)
The Golden Bird: New And Selected Poems
Winner of the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
The Golden Bird brings together the best of Adamson’s work from the last four decades, and many superb new poems. An accessible introduction to Australia’s foremost lyric poet and an insight into the recurring themes that have shaped his remarkable body of work.
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Winners 2009
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island
$32.95 (Trade paperback / Hamish Hamilton )
"...Chloe Hooper has more than done justice to a worthy story. She has produced an Australian classic." Robert Drewe, The Age
This is the story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee sw... More »
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The Golden Bird: New And Selected Poems
$27.95 (Paperback book / Black Inc )
Winner of the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
The Golden Bird brings together the best of Adamson’s work from the last four decades, and many superb new poems. An accessible introduction to... More »
Something In The World Called Love
$19.95 (Paperback book / Penguin Books )
Winner of the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Prize for Young Adult Fiction
It's true, there's something in the world called love. Esma felt it when she moved into the house with the blue stairs. There was Kara beside ... More »
Death In The Mountains: The True Story Of A Tuscan Murder
$32.99 (Trade paperback / Macmillan )
"This is the true story of the murder of Artemio Bruni, a peasant farmer in the mountains of Casentino, north-eastern Tuscany, in the winter of 1907. Artemio was my husband's great-grandfather.
"For reasons not understoo... More »
The Rise Of Animals: Evolution And Diversification Of The Kingdom Animalia
$119.00 (Hardcover book / Johns Hopkins )
Among the major events in evolutionary history, few rival in importance the appearance of animals. The Rise of Animals—a significant reference providing a comprehensive synthesis of the early radiation of the animal king... More »
The CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry 2009 Shortlist
The Other Way Out
$22.00 (Paperback book / Giramondo Publishing )
The Other Way Out opens with the white heat of the tropical north - with a sky so pressing it falls like glass to the ground - and closes with the carved hand of an ancient statue, proffering love and gladness and affirm... More »
The Golden Bird: New And Selected Poems
$27.95 (Paperback book / Black Inc )
Winner of the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
The Golden Bird brings together the best of Adamson’s work from the last four decades, and many superb new poems. An accessible introduction to... More »
Fishing In The Devonian
$24.95 (Paperback book / Puncher And Wattmann )
Carol Jenkins writes what are probably the best 'scientific' poems in Australia, making the science seem effortlessly familiar and intrinsic to human relationships, including immersion in nature other than human. This is... More »