The concept of a national poet laureate has a long history. The establishment of an official Australian position represents an unmissable opportunity.
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The detailed ledger will help historians reconstruct the poet’s beloved farm as it was when he and his family first lived in it.
The idea that human activity threatens nature, and that it is important to protect wild places, dates back to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.
‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ is now a treasured Christmas classic, but it didn’t start life that way – not in the UK, at least.
As opponents of the Whitehaven Colliery protest, an expert on the cultural history of British landscapes revisits an 18th-century poem that reminds us of the town’s industrious spirit.
Using poetry to explore climate change can empower and inspire people to act and make a difference.
Following the life of young Joseph Coppock, Treacle Walker is about making sense of the world around us.
Antigone Kefala’s brilliant fiction, memoir and poetry is written in a new revived English.
Swift, like all writers, draws from her literary forebears to craft new works.
French has historically been a language of human rights. That’s why the Québec government should promote it as a tool of a human rights-based civic education, not force it on newcomers.
Because Dylan draws from songs from the past, he has been accused of plagiarism. But this view has been colored by a distorted understanding of the creative process.
The public image of Gwen Harwood as a suburban housewife is belied by the raw sensuality of her erotic poetry. And in her personal life, she claimed her right to move – and love – where she would.
Ada Limón is the first woman of Mexican ancestry to be named U.S. poet laureate. Through her understanding of social media and the power of connection, she strives to make poetry accessible to everyone.
Poets once wrote their verse in “blood” or “wounds” when a king or queen died. On the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, what has happened to the epic art of elegy?
Les Murray’s habit of rearranging and recontexualising his poetry was a reflection of his distinctive way of perceiving the world.
He was the poet who asked, ‘Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life?’ but new evidence suggests Larkin was proud of his library job.
Selby Wynn Schwartz’s inventive, poetic reimagining of lives like those of Virginia Woolf and Sarah Bernhardt – against a backdrop of Sappho – has just been longlisted for the Booker Prize.
Hard Joy is an intimate and often idiosyncratic work that speaks of the importance of honest relationships and a rich life of the mind.
He had a scandalous reputation in his lifetime but in death became angelic.
In his latest collection, Revenants, an award-winning poet roams across personal, historical, geographical and cultural terrain.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Dean, Graduate Research, University of Canberra
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer in Creative Writing, RMIT University
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Reader in Creative Writing, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Reader, University of East London
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PhD candidate, Swansea University
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Professor of English Literature, Aberystwyth University
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Emeritus Professor of Literature and Environment, Curtin University
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Professor of English, North Carolina State University
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Associate Professor, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate Professor in Australian Literature and Writing, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle
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EG Whitlam Research Fellow at the Whitlam Institute, and Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
