supporting local Artists
supporting local Artists
Kris Hemensley was the co-ordinator of Collected Works Bookshop (now Book Treehouse). His last book was Your Scratch Entourage (Cordite, 2016); plus a chapbook From the Blue Notebook (Now Orries Press, 2022). His ‘Topography’ work is part of a larger ongoing…
Megan Cartwright is a Canberra-based author and Literature teacher, living and working on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country. Her poetry has featured in Contemporary Verse 2, Cordite Poetry Review and Island Magazine. She is the 2025 winner of the Tina Kane…
by Laurie Keim Always there in the same place they cannot run from crisis check out how they bend and twist of all things, torsion of the pole-vaulter, pom-poms of the cheerleader, throwing themselves into the tearing wind. One ear…
by Maria Bonar Hot westerly, dry windswept garden. My red and white striped pool towel snaps and blows on the washing line. From the corner of my eye I see something furry with a tail, scurry over the wall. I…
Vanessa Proctor lives and writes on the land of the Darramuragal people in Sydney. She holds an MA in Creative Writing. She is currently working on a book of haiku and a memoir. Her first book of free verse On…
Craig Lincoln is a poet from Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia, who especially enjoys writing Japanese style poetry. His poems have been included in various poetry anthologies, including three of the Yamada Basho Memorial publications.
by Maria Bonar Willie wagtails share my garden, with doves honeyeaters and a bobtail lizard. We live in harmony until my grandson’s cat Stacey visits. Last year, she caught a fledgling wagtail. This time, the wagtails show their fury at…
Laurie Keim’s recent volumes of poetry are Writing On Air (2015), Future of Music (2020) and Between The Mirror And The Bed (2024) His stories have been shortlisted in 2024: Bournemouth Flash Fiction, Sorrento Creative Writing Prize and 500 Flash.…
by Vanessa Proctor Mosaic-tailed rodent, long-whiskered, tiny shells for ears, glossy eyes dark with the ancient knowledge of survival. Bramble Cay Melomys, secret reef-dweller, night forager, warm-blooded eater of plants. You were no match for encroaching tides, storms pounding the…
Veronica Troup is an emerging poet who lives and writes on unceded Boonwurrung Country in Naarm Often a traveller to wilderness areas, she is captivated by landscapes. Her poems have appeared in: Poetry of Change (Liquid Amber), Brushstrokes V (Ros…