The thing about poetry

The thing about poetry… Sally Murphy recently released her new verse novel, Toppling (ill Rhian Nest James, pub Walker Books) and as part of her promotion, she invited guests to talk about poetry at her blog. There’s a month worth of poetry and thoughts...

At the Beach

At the Beach – the Poem Just after I’d posted the photos of the kite surfers at the beach, the postie delivered copies of School Magazine which included my poem ‘At the Beach’. How’s that for timing? ‘At the Beach’ was written...

Federation Square

Federation Square in Melbourne is a great meeting place, and works so much better than City Square ever did. From early morning to late night, it seems there is always something going on. It is meeting place, starting place, festival place…often simultaneously....