Thomas Ovans gets to grips with an intriguing novel by John Lucas which deals with a small-town jazz musician’s rather complicated love life.
year 2016
Wendy French is pleased to find that a themed anthology from Emma Press successfully does what it sets out to do
John Lucas reflects on Michael Wilding’s account of the lives and work of three significant figures from Australia’s early literary history
Graham Hardie finds David Attwooll’s landscape poems pleasingly evocative
Writing the ‘Big C’: Brian Docherty reviews a new collection from Wendy French
D A Prince finds that metaphor & reality combine in a nautically-flavoured collection from Lynne Hjelmgaard
Richie McCaffery admires the range and scope of an anthology celebrating half a century of Modern Poetry in Translation.
Graham Hardie considers a collection by Graham Buchan in which some rather sombre themes are balanced by welcome lighter touches.
Wendy Klein enjoys a side-by-side look at two compelling but entirely different books by Stuart Pickford and Nigel Pantling
This is a gripping novel by a hugely gifted writer and one that is rich on atmosphere and character study. The originality of the work is its investigative story line which focuses on the loving relationship between a twin and her disabled sister.
Fiona Sinclair considers a heavyweight collection from Michael Rosen and decides that it does not pull any political punches.
London Grip comments on recent collections by Rosemary Norman, Julia Webb & Abegail Morley
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 0 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry