2022 Releases

The highly anticipated collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean VuongHow else do we return to ourselves but to foldThe page so it points to the good partIn this...

Winner of the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Prize for Poetry From the 2020 winner of the Thomas Shapcott Award comes a sophisticated, impressive and rich collection of poetry that unpacks the...

How to Write While Colonised: 2022A first book of poetry from acclaimed Māori writer and scholar Alice Te Punga Somerville.Shrink-wrapped, vacuum-packed, disassembled, sold for parts,butt of jokes, scapegoats, too this...

The debut collection from award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire, celebrated collaborator on Beyonce's Lemonade and Black Is King.With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a...

ART is the second collaborative poetry work from Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella. It is a formidable call and response piece that builds on the stunning dialogue the two...

'Funny, clever and keenly observed, Decadence is a profound musing on literature and language, that deftly skewers the would-be gatekeepers of verse. With this second collection, Thuy On has cemented...

A fiercely contemporary collection which renegotiates the contract between poet and reader in the light of this moment in human history, from the bestselling author of The Death of Vivek...

A powerful collection of new and recently completed poems by Ben Okri covering topics of the day, such as the refugee crisis, racism, Obama, the Grenfell Tower fire, and the...

Illustrated by Salman ToorThousands of islands rise from the rivers' rich silts, crowned with forests of mangrove, rising on stilts. This is the Sundarban, where great rivers give birth; to...

From an award-winning poet comes a collection on heartbreak and transitions, written with a piercing lyric ferocity.The poems in Yanyi’s latest book suggest that we enter and exit our old...

A poetic meditation on identity, loss, and loneliness from the bestselling poet and visual artistAn all-new illustrated poetry collection from the bestselling author of yesterday i was the moon, New...

Soft spoken yet powerful, Serenity perfectly captures the constant battle of fear and courage that lives within us.The seeds of Serenity were planted in F.S. Yousaf’s last collection of poetry,...

The title of this collection, Revenants, suggests spirits and ghosts who return to the human world through dream and art, not to haunt it, but to remind the living that...

A celebratory 20th anniversary edition of this landmark collection from Black writers across the literary spectrumThis ground-breaking anthology was first published twenty years ago, into a different literary landscape. Showcasing...

From Sri Lankan-Australian poet Janaka Malwatta, a superb collection that directs its imagining towards a just future for the next generation.This is a work of activism, fury and hope. Its...

A virtuosic poetry debut on reinvention and rebuilding the self; on pain and triumph; on storytelling as survival This is a book about survival. This is a book about love....

After her mother died, poet Victoria Chang refused to write elegies. Rather, she distilled her grief during a feverish two weeks by writing scores of poetic obituaries for all she...

A profound exploration of faith and addiction and belonging from acclaimed American-Iranian poet Kaveh Akbar ('the sorcerer's sorcerer' Tommy Orange) America, I warn you, if you invite me into your...

Ten Years of First Nations StorytellingAn anthology of writing produced by Indigenous creatives from Western Sydney that has been praised by ArtsHub as 'a light shone on First Nations writers'.Blacklight:...

South African Poems of DecolonisationA unique anthology containing over five decades of protest poetry.‘'i may have been born on 27 April 1994 — but i was never born free.' Mjiele...

Poetry Book Society Wild Card Winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. The Yemeni American poet Threa Almontaser’s incendiary debut asks how mistranslation can be...

Pocket Poets Series No. 62Politically astute, filled with wisdom and great humanity, this is poetry meant to conjure a healing and provoke a confrontation, an invitation to a journey through...

A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s America in spare and evocative verse, with historical photos interspersed throughout.In stunning verse and vivid use...

Ballet of the ForgottenA career-defining collection from one of America's most significant poetsRefractive Africa is a set of three poems ruminating on diasporic witness, colonialism, invasion, and political resistance. This...

Translated by Eleanor GoodmanThis selection collects some of the most influential and moving work of the poet Zheng Xiaoqiong, who spent nearly a decade at the beginning of the century...

Victoria Adukwei Bulley's debut collection, Quiet, circles around ideas of black interiority, intimacy and selfhood, playing at the the tensions between the impulse to guard one's 'inner life' and the...

A reissue of revolutionary poems from the last three decades by cultural icon Linton Kwesi JohnsonA selection of Linton Kwesi Johnson's best poems over three decades. Ranging from protests against...

Echidna is a dangerous animal; she pokes holes in men just toremind them what kind of monster she is wakes up every single morning and chooses violence cos what choice...

A moving and celebratory poetry collection from Young People’s Poet Laureate and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye. This resonant volume explores the similarities we share with the people...

A second collection from one of the most distinctive and original voices to have emerged in recent yearsZaffar Kunial is a proven master of taking things apart, polishing up the...

Carapace takes for its title an extension of the idea of shelter, protection and home and attempts to crack the outer shell of language to reveal the vulnerability of language...

There's a harshness in the air; the season is changing its colors.The rain is chilled, icy to the touch, and the sky, filled with melancholy.Your search for warmth has brought...

Revised EditionSamantha King Holmes brings forth a raw, original perspective. A collection of poetry that breathes hope into the idea of love while mourning the human condition of seeking out...

Resilience looks upwards to the ever-changing, ever-present skies, where fingers and fist touch the horizon. Resilience is often deeply imagined and hard won. Resilience, by turn, is fervent, supple, rhizomatic,...

Healing Through Words is a guided tour on the journey back to the self, a cathartic and mindful exploration through writing.This carefully curated collection of exercises asks only that you...

Writing you I give the death I take I know I should feel wounded by your death I write to you to make a wound write backShane McCrae fashions a...

Fearless verse to find your voiceFrom international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the Words: an empowering, feminist and beautifully illustrated poetry collection exploring...

It's the end of the world and Chris Tse has lost his chill. In Super Model Minority he completes a loose trilogy of books — from the historical racism of...

A New Collection of Black British PoetryIn this blistering anthology, poet, editor and DJ Kayo Chingonyi brings together a selection of exceptional Black British poets. This is his dream mixtape...

A Collection of Black British PoetryThis seminal collection of Black British poets ignited a movement when it was first published in 1998. It celebrated the rising stars of the time,...

An astonishing collection about interconnectedness — between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves — from National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist Ada Limon.'I have...

Born in dire poverty but writing poetry all his life, even when he ran a successful business, Xifeng Yedu is one of the Chinese oral poets who doesn’t belong but...

Life-changing wisdom from the popular Persian sage and poet“What a shame to finally reach the open sea but settle for a modest jug of water!"This is a collection of inspirational...

An unflinching, heartbreaking collection of poetry about life in the U.S. as a Brazilian immigrant, Aline Mello’s debut poetry collection, More Salt Than Diamond, is a true testament to the...

In his first poetry volume, internationally renowned publisher Naveen Kishore has produced a collection of poems that, with compassion, protest society’s cruelty.Throughout Knotted Grief, Kishore lays bare the nature of...

From famous spoken word poet, artistic educator, and founder/CEO of Called to Move Brandon Leake comes his debut poetry collection Unraveling. In an era of self love, the ability to...

A timeless, visionary collection of poems from one of China's most acclaimed poets-now available in English for the first time in a generation and featuring a foreword by his son,...

A book of poems by bestselling author Deepak Chopra that are deeply spiritual, heartfelt, and touch on topics such as God, love, surrender, consciousness, and peace.In Raid On The Inarticulate,...

A raw, honest and heartfelt poetry collection from Taz Alam – for the tough times, the great times, and everything in between.Depressed, but it’s fine.Anxious, but it’s fine.Heartbroken, but it’s...

Mack never thought he'd find love, but now two boys want to be with him. Will he choose Karim or Finlay? And can true love last for ever? A must-read...