Holiday time!
Rochford Street Review will be taking a short break to recharge our batteries. We will be back with issue 44 sometime after the 9 April.
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Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad: 5 Poems with Tea Bag Art
Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad is a widely published and award-winning Indian–Australian poet and visual artist. She has received multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations, and her work has appeared in Cordite, Poetry Sydney, Black Bough Poetry (UK), and other international journals.
Revelations In The Quiet Carriage: Devika Brendon reviews ‘The Office Of Literary Endeavours’ by Mark Roberts
This is a jewel of a collection, full of elemental images and resonant engagement with country, history and human feeling.
Jumpstart a Journal: ‘The Suburban Review’ course for aspiring editors and publishers
Jumpstart a Journal is back in March 2026, and we still have tickets left for aspiring editors and publishers across Australia.
Kedumba Gallery Poetry Reading, Wentworth Falls, Sunday 1 March.
Kedumba Gallery Poetry Reading, Wentworth Falls, Sunday 1 March.
Lisa Collyer: 4 poems from ‘Gold Digger’
Lisa Collyer is an author of two poetry collections, Gold Digger (2025) and How To Order Eggs Sunny Side Up (2023) (the latter being short-listed for The Dorothy Hewett Award), and both published with Life Before Man Books.
A memoir of things that need to be said: Cassie Hamer launches ‘Letters to Dead People and Others En Route’ by Jennifer Dickerson
Overall, this book tells a story of determination, resilience and survival.
Music, Mechanics & Emotions: Tru S. Dowling launches ‘Chords in the Soundscapes’ by Michael J. Leach
Michael J. Leach’s poetry collection, Chords in the Soundscapes, reads as a love song to generations within a changing world, rooted in personal experience.
Vale Lionel Fogarty
Rochford Street Review was saddened to learn of the death of poet and activist Lionel Fogarty. The following tribute was posted by The Yugambeh Nation on their social media feed. It is reproduced with permission.
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