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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 Messages from the Embers : From Devastation to Hope, Australian Bushfire Anthology
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'Messages from the Embers brings together 118 poetic voices and visions into 138 poems that detail and articulate the devastating 2019-2020 bushfire crisis that devastated around 20,000 hectares of land around Australia, destroying thousands of homes and buildings. Adding to the human death toll, significant losses of life to domesticated animals and native fauna resulted from the fires. In this anthology, some writers address the broad political and social scope of the catastrophe, others take a microscope to the localised and domestic effects during a time when the fragility of every structure and living creature was magnified. Beginning with the origins of fire, to the burning to the ashen aftermath, this anthology is courageous in its expression and acknowledgement of the multilayered loss felt by so many. Within several of these poems is a resilient undercurrent of hopefulness, and a will to emerge from damage and drive a more perceptive way forward.' (Publication summary)

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    • Northbridge, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Black Quill Press , 2020 .
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      Extent: 254p.
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      • Published 9 October 2020
      ISBN: 9780648002062

Works about this Work

Emma Lee Reviews ‘Messages from the Embers’ Edited by Julia Kaylock and Denise O’Hagan Published by Black Quill Press Emma Lee , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Blue Nib [Online] , December 2020;

— Review of Messages from the Embers : From Devastation to Hope, Australian Bushfire Anthology 2020 anthology poetry
The Art of Creating an Anthology Julia Kaylock , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: The Blue Nib [Online] , November 2020;

'The idea flashes across your frontal cortex: ‘Why don’t we …?’

'It only takes a second to get a bright idea. One of these came to me in January 2020, in the midst of the devastating bushfires that were raging around Australia. As expected, artists of all persuasions began responding; an outpouring of words, pictures and music resulted as we came to grips with the catastrophic fire events that filled our news channels. It felt important to find a way to record these flashes of insight in a more permanent way.' (Introduction)

A Conversation We Need to Have : Amanda Anastasi Launches ‘Messages from the Embers’ Amanda Anastasi , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , November no. 30 2020;

— Review of Messages from the Embers : From Devastation to Hope, Australian Bushfire Anthology 2020 anthology poetry
'Thank-you for asking me to say a few words as part of this launch, Julia, Denise and the Messages from the Embers team. When asked to read an anthology of bushfire poems – 140, approximately – in order to write the Foreword for this book, I was honoured but also knew I had quite the task to capture the spirit and scope of this anthology in few words.' (Introduction)
A Conversation We Need to Have : Amanda Anastasi Launches ‘Messages from the Embers’ Amanda Anastasi , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , November no. 30 2020;

— Review of Messages from the Embers : From Devastation to Hope, Australian Bushfire Anthology 2020 anthology poetry
'Thank-you for asking me to say a few words as part of this launch, Julia, Denise and the Messages from the Embers team. When asked to read an anthology of bushfire poems – 140, approximately – in order to write the Foreword for this book, I was honoured but also knew I had quite the task to capture the spirit and scope of this anthology in few words.' (Introduction)
Emma Lee Reviews ‘Messages from the Embers’ Edited by Julia Kaylock and Denise O’Hagan Published by Black Quill Press Emma Lee , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Blue Nib [Online] , December 2020;

— Review of Messages from the Embers : From Devastation to Hope, Australian Bushfire Anthology 2020 anthology poetry
The Art of Creating an Anthology Julia Kaylock , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: The Blue Nib [Online] , November 2020;

'The idea flashes across your frontal cortex: ‘Why don’t we …?’

'It only takes a second to get a bright idea. One of these came to me in January 2020, in the midst of the devastating bushfires that were raging around Australia. As expected, artists of all persuasions began responding; an outpouring of words, pictures and music resulted as we came to grips with the catastrophic fire events that filled our news channels. It felt important to find a way to record these flashes of insight in a more permanent way.' (Introduction)

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