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In celebration of his upcoming birthday, Mark Roberts is raising funds for Rochford Street Review instead of choosing Meta’s suggested charities. His goal is to gather $200 by the end of May. Donations of $5 or more will grant access to an exciting eBook Portal. Support this worthy cause!
In celebration of his upcoming birthday, Mark Roberts is raising funds for Rochford Street Review instead of choosing Meta’s suggested charities. His goal is to gather $200 by the end of May. Donations of $5 or more will grant access to an exciting eBook Portal. Support this worthy cause!
This is a jewel of a collection, full of elemental images and resonant engagement with country, history and human feeling.
The recently published chapbook, Each Night I Count my Children: Poems from Gaza, is one example of how poetry has survived in the rubble of Gaza and, indeed, how it has become an essential part of the struggle to keep Palestinian society and culture alive.
The poetry is carefully crafted and elegant. The subject matter is wide ranging… richly brought to life within the forms Roberts has chosen. Reading through this collection has been a privilege and a delight.
The Little Lost Bookshop, Katoomba and Rochford Street Review have combined to run a series of poetry readings at the bookshop over winter. The first of these three readings will take place this coming at 6.30pm, Thursday night, 19 June at the bookshop, Hapenny Lane, 181 Katoomba St, Katoomba NSW 2780.
Mark Roberts (co-editor of Rochford Street Review) and 5 Islands Press invite you to the Sydney Launch of ‘The Office of Literary Endeavours’ To be launched by Les Wicks with Angela Stretch as your MC
on Sunday 25 May 2025, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, Benledi House, 186 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe NSW 2037, Australia
There is much to read and enjoy in Some Dualities, the poems are often witty, nearly always insightful and often honestly personal.
Mark Roberts is a writer, critic and publisher living on unceded Darug and Gundungurra land. He is co-editor, along with Linda Adair, of Rochford Street Review. His last poetry collection, Concrete Flamingos, was published by Island Press in 2016. His next collection, The Office of Literary Endeavours, will be published by 5 Islands Press in 2025.