Cirrus@Austlit

'Award-winning Sydney-based critic Mireille Juchau opens HEAT Series 3 Number 1 with a deeply reported essay that examines the aftermath of war. Melbourne writer Josephine Rowe follows with a dreamlike story about a young family in an enigmatic setting. Queenslander Sarah Holland-Batt contributes a quintet of poems that take us as far as Brazil, before a reimagining of The Decameron in the Adelaide Hills by Brian Castro. In closing, Mexican-American writer Cristina Rivera Garza shares a macabre quest that resonates long after reading.' (Publication summary)

'Best of Australian Poetry is an annual anthology collecting previously published and unpublished poems to create a poetic snapshot of the year that was. Capturing the richness and diversity of Australian poetry, across a timeframe of 1 July 2021 - 7 August 2022, the series, now in its second year, will explore how poetic responses to the contemporary moment develop with each passing year.

'The book opens with an introduction by its 2022 editors, award-winning and highly respected poets and editors, Jeanine Leanne and Judith Beveridge. Both Jeanine, a Wiradjuri poet, and Judith have extensive experience as poetry teachers, academics and poetry anthologists previously.

'The Best of Australian Poetry (BoAP) series is published by Australia's national poetry organisation, Australian Poetry, and will feature two different guest editors each year, to amplify the range of voices selected. It is funded by the Australia Council for the Arts and individual patrons.' (Publication summary)