Cirrus@Austlit

'Milton scholar, political radical, publisher at Wild & Woolley, novelist and critic, Michael Wilding has crafted one of the most remarkable careers of any contemporary Australian writer.' (Introduction)

'Ashley Hay finds her acquaintance with a classic Australian novel is moulded by time and place — and a remarkable coincidence.'

'In the new anthology Contemporary Australian Poetry, published by Puncher & Wattmann, the editors make strong arguments for the cultural importance of poetry today. They celebrate how, for example, our poets continue to help us understand the natural environment not as a background for literature but as a complex presence in our lives.' (Introduction)