'Through writing the classic cautionary tale of The Lorax, Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr Seuss) communicated a potent message to countless children: text holds power. As the Lorax says, 'I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues'.
'Almost half a century has passed since its publication, but the book's messages remain all too relevant. Like the entrepreneurial capitalist Once-ler, we too might feel some sense of loss when corporate greed and rampant consumerism force our equivalents of the Bar-ba-loots to go ... but 'business is business! And business must grow'.' (Editorial introduction)
'In 2019, Tasmanian writer Angela Rockel won the Dorothy Hewett Award. Her manuscript of five years of 'sensations and thoughts arising from a life in place' will be published soon by UWA Publishing. These morsels, exquisite and rich, are from Year 2...' (Introduction)
