A Journal of Australian & International Cultural Reviews, News and Criticism.
It is a real honour to be asked to launch the collection as I’ve been a great friend and admirer of Ron’s poetry since we first met over 10 years ago and I’ve really enjoyed watching the dramatic development of his work since then. Ron’s first collection in 2015 was the now iconic Distance
Peter Boyle is a Sydney-based poet and translator of poetry from Spanish. He is the author of eleven books of poetry, most recently Companions, Ancestors, Inscriptions (Vagabond Press, 2024). He has published nine books as a translator of poetry from Spanish. His poetry collections have won numerous awards, including the New South Wales Premier’s, the Adelaide Festival Award and the Queensland Premier’s Poetry Award.
It was Brian Purcell who suggested we might celebrate our 100th book with an anthology of 100 authors. To reward Brian for his great idea, he got the massive and thankless task of editor. The resulting anthology is a treasure and a testament to both Brian’s tenacity in herding the many Flying Island cats—some, whose works stretch right back to the early days of 2010 and some slotted for future publication, gathering, collating, nagging, proofreading, and finally presenting the fine collection here.
Alison Gorman is a poet and creative writing teacher who lives and writes on Garigal and Worimi country. A Woman Talks to Her Tongue is her debut poetry collection. Her poetry has appeared in Cordite, Island, Honest Ulsterman, Meanjin, Mslexia, Popshot Quarterly, Southerly and Southword.
When I compare Ken Bolton’s back catalogue to his latest work Metropole, I’m struck by the remarkable consistency of his style. In the inner southern suburb of Adelaide where he now lives, Ken Bolton is still writing almost the same poem he was over forty years ago, and that is not a criticism but a compliment.
Colin Dardis’s recent poetry collections include with the lakes (above/ground press, 2023) and What We Look Like in the Future (Red Wolf Editions, 2023). A neurodivergent poet, editor and sound artist, he currently co-hosts the Poetry Poetry open mic night in Belfast, and is editor of the poetry blog, Poem Alone.
Stephanie Powell is a poet based in Naarm. She is the winner of the 2024 Woorilla Prize, the 2024 Ada Cambridge Prize for Poetry and her poem, ‘Notes from Greenland’ was shortlisted for the Woollahra Digital Literary Award (2024). She has three collections of poetry, Bone (Halas Press, 2021), Gentle Creatures (Vagabond Press, 2023) and Invisible Wasp (Liquid Amber Press, 2024).
I really enjoyed the way in which the chronological order of the collection reflects the evolution of Angela’s thinking and her response to the moral issues she’s been confronted with when she was a practising lawyer.
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.
Rochford Street Review 