Clunk & Jam by Janine Browne (Artist, Illustrator, Editor)

$35.00 AUD

Category: Poetry

The alternative world of Clunk and Jam is a collection of art, stories, poetry and heart-warming characters like Robin Small, Amelia Bloom, the Army of Ink, Flipper Girl, the New Age BOy and Rose, all bravely exploring the interrelating themes of individuality and difference – and developing a str ong sense of identity and place.   (Typed on an old manual typewriter).   This powerful book reflects the artist’s absolute love and belief in the characters that ‘arrive on the page’, their role in alleviating loneliness and providing strength and direction.   The book itself is carefully crafted to create a sense of home and space for both the characters and reader.  A unique keepsake book that can be kept close as a constant power source for life and all its challenges.     Written, illustrated and published by Janine Browne.  Cover art by Stormie Mills.  Art contributions from Victorian artist, Harley Manifold.  Created using recycled paper, vegetable based ink and thread binding.  Printed in Perth, Western Australia by an accredited environmental management systems printer.   ...Show more

Where to Begin: A Small Book about Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy World by Cleo Wade

$32.99 AUD

Category: Better Living, Self Help & Personal development

With her lyrical, stirring mantras and affirmations, Cleo Wade's second anthology of heartfelt poetry and prose builds on the wisdom of her bestselling book Heart Talk, encouraging you to remain hopeful and harness your personal power to bring positive change in our world.   Where to Begin is per fect for those who are ready to be a part of building a society rooted in love, acceptance, justice, and equality. ...Show more

An Open Book by David Malouf

$29.95 AUD

Category: Poetry | Reading Level: 1 Poetry

This is only David Malouf's third new poetry volume in nearly 40 years, so it is a significant publishing event. As one of Australia's greatest living poets, Malouf continues to meditate and reflect on themes of mortality and memory. The poems in An Open Bookare attentive and evocative, vital and beauti ful, revisiting and reimagining some of the key themes that have resonated with readers over his impressive career. Like the 'small comfort of light . . . as night comes on', Malouf's new poems hold close the precious and tender. Only a few of these poems have ever been published, so most of the collection will be completely new to readers everywhere. An Open Bookwill be the literary gift of the Christmas and summer of 2018. ...Show more

Of Memory and Furniture by Bron Bateman

$29.99 AUD

Category: Poetry

Of Memory and Furniture is described by Julienne van Loon as 'a deeply feminist project', and by David Brooks as 'bold, explicit and unapologetic'. This collection in four parts explores experiences of female embodiment, sexuality, and relationships with family, lovers and institutions. It is concerned with expressions of female sexuality in its myriad forms - heterosexual, lesbian, and experiences of non-normative sexuality - as well as issues of maternal subjectivity, mental health and abuse and, throughout, the role of memory in enabling healing. The poems are at once erotic and deeply thought through, intelligent and tender. ...Show more

Cntre Space by Malika Imad Warda

$27.00 AUD

Category: Poetry

Ordinary Euphoria by David Moody

$39.95 AUD

Category: Poetry

David Moody's poems in Ordinary Euphoria do even more than help us see the significance of apparently ordinary moments to our lives. Accessible and thought-provoking, from the short, humorous poems such as If to the longer ones such as Compassionate People and Smokescreen, this beautifully written, acce ssible collection shows us the importance of such moments to our sense of humanity and self. These poems reward us in many other ways. They rekindle in us the courage to face hardships and sadness, and to empathise with others. They reveal the treasure to be found both in quiet moments alone and in encounters with other people, and they help us celebrate these and the value to be found in our everyday lives. Much like a good friend, they give us a fuller sense of who we are and who we might yet become. In short, reading this book of poems will leave you feeling richer in unexpected ways. (Simone Lazaroo). Complementing the vivid imagery of Moody's poetry, ranging from the darkest moments of modern Africa to the lighter moments of Murdoch Drive and Cottelsoe Beach at Sunset, is a collection of paintings by artist, illustrator and author, Judith Price. ...Show more

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

$24.99 AUD

Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine

A revised hardcover edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur, author the #1 New York Times bestseller milk and honey. Her long-awaited second collection of poetry is a vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healin g. Ancestry and honouring one's roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself.   Divided into five chapters and illustrated by Kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms.   this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept  think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year  they will teach you that people too must wilt fall root rise in order to bloom ...Show more

We Hope This Reaches You in Time by R. H. Sin; Samantha King Holmes

$29.99 AUD

Category: Poetry

Ideas, poetry, and prose from bestselling authors Samantha King Holmes & r.h. Sin.

Solid Air: Australian and New Zealand Spoken Word by David Stavanger; Anne-Marie Te Whiu

$29.95 AUD

Category: Poetry

Over the past decade, Spoken Word has established itself as a central part of contemporary Australian & New Zealand poetry. For the first-time ever, these voices are transported from the stage to the page, captured in print so that the spoken-word experience can be shared with a new and broader audi ence. Solid Air showcases the work of more than 100 performance poets - combining elements of slam, hip-hop and experimental performance poetry - to deliver an unforgettable reading experience that is both literary and loud. Poems capture themes of modern culture, identity and resistance. Contributors include- Ali Cobby Eckermann, Hera Lindsay Bird, Claire G. Taika Waititi, Courtney Barnett, Michelle Law, Hannah Gadsby, Luka Lesson and many, many more. ...Show more

The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry by John; Ryan Kinsella

$34.99 AUD

Category: Poetry

The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry is a comprehensive survey of the state's poets from the 19th century to today. Featuring work from 134 poets, and including the work of many WA Indigenous poets, this watershed anthology brings together the poems that have contributed to and def ined the ways that Western Australians see themselves. ...Show more

Penguin Modern Poets 3: Your Family, Your Body by Malika Booker, Sharon Olds, Warsan Shire

$19.99 AUD

Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Modern Poets

Inspired by Penguin's enormously successful '60s series of the same name, the Penguin Modern Poets are succinct, collectible, lovingly-assembled guides to the richness and diversity of contemporary poetry, from the UK, America and beyond. Every volume brings together representative selections from the w ork of three poets now writing, allowing the seasoned poetry fan and the curious reader alike to encounter our most exciting new voices. Volume 3, Your Family, Your Body, features the work of Malika Booker, the Guyanese-British writer and performer behind London- and Chicago-based collective Malika's Kitchen; the Pulitzer Prize-winning Sharon Olds, one of America's most brilliant, beloved and candid voices; and Warsan Shire, the award-winning poet and first ever Young Poetry Laureate of London who also lent her words to Beyonce's visual album Lemonade. ...Show more

Injury Time (Rest is Silence) by Clive James

$34.99 AUD

Category: Poetry

The publication of Clive James's Sentenced to Life was a major literary event. Facing the end, James looked back over his life with a clear-eyed and unflinching honesty to produce his finest work: poems of extraordinary power that spoke to our most elemental human emotions. Injury Time finds James in a similar mood. Keen to capture and cherish moments of beauty and love; thinking about how best to live in his remaining days; and casting his mind forward to when he will be gone and how he might be remembered. A series of intimate poems reveals family as one of life's true treasures. The poet captures tender childhood memories of his mother, has his spirits lifted by the wonderful vision of his granddaughter in graceful acrobatic movement, and addresses the haunting loss of his father in World War Two. He writes beautifully of his early years in Australia, where he began and where he hopes to 'reach the end'. James also reflects on the wisdom and consolation to be found in art, music and literature, which have become even more precious to him in his later years.The poems in this deeply moving, inspirational and wholly unsentimental book are even more accomplished than those that came before. Injury Time shows Clive James the poet in the form of his life. ...Show more