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Michael Bartholomew-Biggs dips into a collection of ‘lost’ ekphrastic poems by R S Thomas

Merryn Williams praises a new – but, sadly, posthumous – collection from Elizabeth Burns

Sarah Lawson plaintively asks the question: Why Don’t People Read Benito Cereno When I Tell Them To?

Merryn Williams admires the seemingly-inexhaustible poetic skill on show in a double collection from Ruth Bidgood

A spiritual autobiography by Murray Bodo turns out to be an unexpectedly down-to-earth story

A short review by Merryn Williams enters fully into the spirit of Jan Owen’s Baudelaire-based jeu d’esprit

John Lucas reflects on Michael Wilding’s account of the lives and work of three significant figures from Australia’s early literary history

A dance-drama about the troubled lives of Caitlin & Dylan Thomas

Richie McCaffery gives a largely enthusiastic welcome to collection of critical essays by Katy Evans-Bush

Pam Thompson considers Maura Dooley‘s slim but substantial chapbook inspired by a residency at Jane Austen’s house.

How can one compile a collection about Jane Austen? Ruth Valentine comments on the success of such an anthology, edited by Maura Dooley

John Lucas is impressed by the depth and range of literary and musical knowledge displayed in a new collection of essays by Jim Burns