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10 May

CLUNES BOOKTOWN 2012!

What a Winner!

10 May

SPUNC Announces Inaugural Independent Publishers’ Conference and New Prize for Small Publishers

November 2012 will see a new conference for publishing and a prize awarding an undervalued title…

08 May

LAUNCH! Editors Victoria

The Society of Editors Victoria Inc. has had a facelift and they’re ready to launch their new name, Editors Victoria, along with their new logo and website!

08 May

NEW RELEASE: The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women's Rights

SPINIFEX PRESS are thrilled to announce the release of ‘Unfinished Revolution’, which tells the story of the global struggle to secure basic rights for women and girls.

08 May

Submissions now OPEN! Cordite 39 & Cordite 40!

Submit your poetry and/or poetry reviews to Cordite!

Peter Bakowski shortlisted for Victorian Premier's Literary Awards [08.09.2010]

PeterB-3D Beneath Our Armour by Peter Bakowski has been shortlisted for the CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.

Here are the judges’ comments:

“Peter Bakowski’s Beneath Our Armour is a strongly crafted suite of portrait poems. From the everyday person to the wild persona, from suburban scuffling streets of Melbourne to labour camps of Siberia, his poetry is infused with empathy. Bakowski makes us believe that inside every home is a heartache. His work is touching, transforming and rich. He writes in his introduction that his aim is to write accessible poems, to use ordinary words to say extraordinary things. He has done this and so much more.”

Read the judges' reports here.

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