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Michael D. Higgins, Uachtarán Na h-Éireann, President of Ireland
On November 2011, Michael D. Higgins was inaugurated as the ninth President of Ireland. A passionate political voice, a poet and writer, academic and statesman, human rights advocate, promoter of inclusive citizenship…
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Michael Stracke
Michael Strake is a game design and writing student at Swinburne University.
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Tricia Dearborn
Tricia Dearborn is an award-winning Sydney poet. Her work has been widely published in literary journals in Australia, overseas and online, and is represented in significant anthologies including Contemporary Australian Poetry, Australian…
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On making the Three Decades
To commemorate the Official State Visit to Australia 2017 by Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, we are deeply honoured and grateful to reproduce the following poem, written by President Higgins, with…
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Jane Theau
Creating work that is as immaterial as possible is my starting point. The world is overwhelmed by a surfeit of things, so I try not to contribute to the burden. My work…
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Samantha Byres
Samantha Byres lives and works in Melbourne. Her short stories have appeared in various online and print journals. She is currently completing her first novel, which is about women and art.
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Nikole Eugeniou
Nikole Eugeniou is a poet and creative writing student at Swinburne University. Residing in Melbourne, Nik shares her cheerful and quirky personality with all she can. She uses writing to express herself…
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A Third of Myself
By Edward Hodge The ghost gums swayed in the raggedy wind and rustle, rustle, rustle went their pompom skirts. Bark like bones. Bleached beneath the dusk.
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Naami and the Bees
By Edward Hodge Naami was an old woman now. She was as small as a girl and her hair was like snow.
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Dejavu
By Nikole Eugeniou Mostly, Papou wins at cards. Although after every game, he’ll say that I won. I visit when I can, which is less often these days. Every time I visit we…
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Edward Hodge
Edward Hodge grew up in a small seaside town. He went to a small school with a small library. He feels very lucky to have a family as kind and good as…
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Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith is the author of, most recently, Good Bones (Tupelo Press, 2017) and The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison (Tupelo Press, 2015), winner of the Dorset Prize. Her poems have…
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Eleanor Hooker
Eleanor Hooker’s second collection, A Tug of Blue (Dedalus Press) was published in October 2016. Her first, The Shadow Owner’s Companion was shortlisted for the Strong/Shine award for Best First collection from…
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Maeve O’Sullivan
Maeve O’Sullivan’s poetry and haiku have been widely published and anthologised. She is the author of three collections from Alba Publishing (UK): Initial Response (2011), Vocal Chords (2014) and A Train Hurtles…
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Nathanael O’Reilly
Nathanael O’Reilly was born and raised in Australia. He has travelled on five continents and spent extended periods in England, Ireland, Germany, Ukraine and the United States, where he currently resides. His…
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Tiana Clark
Tiana Clark is the author of Equilibrium, selected by Afaa Michael Weaver for the 2016 Frost Place Chapbook Competition. She is the winner of the 2017 Furious Flower’s Gwendolyn Brooks Centennial Poetry…
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Michele Seminara
Michele Seminara is a poet and editor from Sydney. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Cordite, Tincture, Seizure and Mascara Literary Review. Her first poetry collection, Engraft, was published by…
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Tess Barry
Tess Barry was shortlisted for the 2015 Manchester Poetry Prize (UK). Twice a finalist for North American Review’s James Hearst Poetry Prize and Aesthetica Magazine’s (UK) Poetry Award, she also was shortlisted…
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Kenneth Pobo
Kenneth Pobo has a new book out from Circling Rivers called Loplop in a Red City. His work has appeared in: Colorado Review, Mudfish, Nimrod, Hawaii Review, and elsewhere.
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Geoff Budden
Geoff Budden lives in St John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, where he practices law. He is the father of two teenage daughters. Geoff is a published poet. Many of his poems are…
