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Notes for the Translators – poems and notes from 142 Australian and NZ poets

    Notes for the Translators: 142 New Zealand and Australian Poets is a remarkable collection edited by the ever-creative Kit Kelen. Each poem is accompanied by a mini essay by the poet — about the poem, the references, idiom, allusions … Continue reading

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Diorama at the old Melbourne Museum – the Okapi (genesis of a poem)

. What is an okapi? And why should a creature barely seen by humans matter to us? Background to this poem:  A museum is more than just a place made up of things, it is also an arrangement of bodies: … Continue reading

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Flying on a cinders track: reading in a digital age and the return of the novella

While there is so much both good and scary about the digital revolution and the increasing ease of independent publishing, I do love the possibilities that are opening up for the shorter fiction forms that have been long neglected by … Continue reading

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