Category: Books
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between giants – blog launch – day one
between giants is launched! To help me celebrate, each day this week I’ll be posting performances of work from the collection by myself, Robbie Coburn, Mark William Jackson, Jane Williams and Graham Nunn, in addition to giveaways, competitions and offers – where you can win a copy of between giants over at Goodreads – or…
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Word of Mouth – a backlog
So! Confession time – the picture below represents two thirds of the reading I’ve had on my shelf since late 2011, when I actually purchased a lot of the titles within. It’s angered me. I hate being kept from reading, but a variety of things (not just my Honours studies in 2012 or my own…
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between giants – a blog launch! (april 15th – 19th)
Today I’m most happy to announce the launch of my latest poetry collection between giants, which will be hosted right here on the blog! Long overdue, this launch is going to be a bit of a party (hence my fantastic hat below) with giveaways, poetry deals, interviews and performances from myself and other poets, to give…
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Between Giants Available Now!
Fantastic news – my latest poetry collection is available right now from the Ginninderra Press website. Just go here and scroll down a bit. You’ll find a link to ‘Buy Now’ beneath two wonderful quotes from Grahan Nunn and Jane Williams, whose support I really appreciate, thank you both. Ashley Capes’ communication and exploration…
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between giants – selection process
In an interview with Graham Nunn, I asked him about the selection process for putting a collection together, in this case Ocean Hearted – here’s what he said: Selection is far more painful than editing. It is the one job I happily give over to other people. It is incredibly difficult to make that ruthless…
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‘between giants’ forthcoming from Ginninderra Press
I’m thrilled to bits to let you know that my new poetry collection, between giants, is forthcoming from Ginninderra Press in late October! It brings together work from the last couple of years and also features some pieces written during or about a trip to Italy last year. Here’s the cover image and I’ll be…
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New Stepping Over Seasons Review
Today (or tonight!) I’d like to thank Victorian writer Robbie Coburn for a wonderful review of Stepping Over Seasons !!! Read more about the talented Robbie here and the review is available here
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it would be unfair to say – pictures before poem
it would be unfair to say it would be unfair to say wyeth had crippled christina just as it would be unfair to say that van gogh’s clouds are too milky or saturn’s appetite didn’t terrify even goya it would be unfair to say that monet’s haystacks must be softer than any other…
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Ocean Hearted Flood Relief Project
Things are so far beyond tough in Queensland (Australia) at the moment, with widespread devastation due to flooding. I wanted to alert your attention to something Queensland poet Graham Nunn is doing at his site, the Ocean Hearted Flood Relief Project. Basically, Graham is donating his book sales and and matching each sale with a…
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