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Celebrating the poetry of jacarandas
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Celebrating the poetry of jacarandas

Danebank Anglican School for Girls in Hurstville contributed poems to the Herald's poetry prize which they wrote under the school's jacaranda tree. Near the tree,they threw small bits of purple paper into the air to emulate the flowers of the jacaranda floating to the ground.

Michael Ondaatje’s latest work is in praise of long love and experience
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Michael Ondaatje’s latest work is in praise of long love and experience

The writer’s first collection of poetry in more than 25 years replaces the idea of ageing as diminution with a blazing and sensual testament to what is held close.

  • byFelicity Plunkett
Michael Ondaatje’s ‘little fragments’ that lead to prize-winning work
Literature

Michael Ondaatje’s ‘little fragments’ that lead to prize-winning work

The award-winning novelist says he’s writing only poetry at the moment and his new collection has an ‘elegiac tone’.

  • byJP O'Malley
This festival nurtured a generation of talent. Now it’s on life support
Literature

This festival nurtured a generation of talent. Now it’s on life support

For two decades the National Young Writers’ Festival has been a crucible for Australian literary talent,but its future is now in doubt.

  • byNell Geraets
The writing that shows the business of poetry for Seamus Heaney
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The writing that shows the business of poetry for Seamus Heaney

The Nobel laureate for literature’s correspondence reveals much about how he worked and the difficulties of his situation as Ireland’s greatest modern poet.

  • byGregory Day
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Girlhood,’90s TV and Britney Spears converge in poet Kate Middleton’s new book
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Girlhood,’90s TV and Britney Spears converge in poet Kate Middleton’s new book

Television explores how screen-time gets under our collective and individual skins.

  • byBrooke Boland
How two poets approach their struggles with colonisation and racism
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How two poets approach their struggles with colonisation and racism

Reading Jeanine Leane and Sara M Saleh’s work together illuminates intriguing mutual concerns.

  • byLyn McCredden
Australian poetry is having a moment
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Australian poetry is having a moment

Plus:get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

  • byMelanie Kembrey,Barry Divola,Frances Mocnik,Melissa Singer,Greg Callaghan,Katrina Strickland,Tim Elliott andDeborah Cooke
Award-winning poet Sarah Holland-Batt on fixing the system that failed her dad
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Award-winning poet Sarah Holland-Batt on fixing the system that failed her dad

The author also explains why paying attention is important for her craft.

  • byBenjamin Law
What the hell am I doing reading poems? Try it. You’ll thank me
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What the hell am I doing reading poems? Try it. You’ll thank me

You might not understand it at first,but please,embrace the mystery.

  • byAnson Cameron