'Western Australian poet Lisa Collyer’s debut collection is challenging, confronting and exquisitely crafted. She addresses feminist concerns in poems about ageing, beauty and desire as well as speaking the unspeakable in autobiographical poems about living with the limitations of the female body. Infertility, childlessness, termination, domestic violence and sexual assault are front of mind in Collyer’s work but she also tackles environmental concerns — female bodies and the plight of the planet are linked by themes of grief and a race against time.' (Introduction)
'In Petra White’s latest collection, shortlisted in August this year for the Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection in the Queensland Literary Awards, the poet contemplates the complexities of midlife —marriage, motherhood and encroaching mortality —in 39 thought-provoking new poems.' (Introduction)
'Book enthusiasts in Brisbane’s inner South will be familiar with Karen and Michael Weibler’s Books@Stones in Stones Corner. A book store that caters for diverse tastes.' (Introduction)
