It’s about time poetry got the boost of an Australian laureate

It’s about time poetry got the boost of an Australian laureate

There’s some confusion about precisely what an Australian poet laureate will do,let alone who will get the gig.

  • byJane Sullivan

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Glitches join life’s certainties
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Glitches join life’s certainties

Blue-ribbon racquet racket.

Who will be Australia’s first poet laureate? (And what does that actually mean?)

Who will be Australia’s first poet laureate? (And what does that actually mean?)

The government’s new cultural policy is promising an Australian poet laureate in 2025. But what does that mean?

  • byJason Steger
Should older versions be forgot:How Auld Lang Syne has lifted spirits for centuries
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Should older versions be forgot:How Auld Lang Syne has lifted spirits for centuries

Since poet Robert Burns noted it down from an old man in the 1700s,the song has been covered by artists from Beethoven to Bruce Springsteen.

  • byWarwick McFadyen
Robert Adamson,the poet of the Hawkesbury River,dies at 79

Robert Adamson,the poet of the Hawkesbury River,dies at 79

Robert Adamson had an unusual early life for a poet but found a distinctive and unique voice.

  • byJason Steger
Slip potential runneth over

Slip potential runneth over

Choral mime fails to clear the carriage.

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Waste wits living in potato’s shadow
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Waste wits living in potato’s shadow

More than blue cars lost in the past three years.

‘Nitty,gritty,dirty’:Why poetry is finding a new audience in Sydney’s west

‘Nitty,gritty,dirty’:Why poetry is finding a new audience in Sydney’s west

A burgeoning spoken word festival is connecting the city’s suburban poets with their international inspirations.

  • byTiffany Fong
Apologies for grandmas’ sorry state
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Apologies for grandmas’ sorry state

Some passing rhyming nonsense.

Disturbing figures revealed about diversity in Australian literature

Disturbing figures revealed about diversity in Australian literature

A new report has revealed that fewer than 1 in 10 Aussie books are written by people of colour.

  • byJason Steger
Why this world-renowned speaker was ‘afraid of coming back to Australia’

Why this world-renowned speaker was ‘afraid of coming back to Australia’

In 2016,Alok Vaid-Menon was assaulted on a Melbourne tram. Now,they return to the country offering “equal parts grief and loss,as well as joy and triumph”.

  • byMeg Watson