The Flame by Leonard Cohen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics, and hand-drawn self-portraits, The Flame offers an intim ...Show more
The Iliad: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Homer
$35.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition | Reading Level: very good
One of the epics in Western literature, "The Iliad" recounts the story of the Trojan wars. In his introduction, the author observes that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it co-exists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace.
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
$24.95 AUD
Category: Drama | Reading Level: very good
'Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line, from the play, was adopted by Jean Anouilh, to characterize the first production of "Waiting For Godot" at the Theatre de Babylone, in 1953. He went on to predict that the play would, in time, represent the most important premiere to b ...Show more
the mermaid's voice returns in this one by Amanda Lovelace; ladybookmad
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet and USA TODAY bestselling author Amanda Lovelace presents the mermaid's voice returns in this one -- the third and final installment in her "women are some kind of magic" series, featuring a foreword from Lang Leav and 13 guest poems from leading voices in poetry such ...Show more
Wanting by Richard Flanagan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literature
Richard Flanagan's Wanting reminds us that he is one of the most exciting novelists working anywhere, full stop - The AgeFrom the winner of the Man Booker Prize. The bestselling, universally lauded novel of desire and its denial from acclaimed writer Richard Flanagan.Van Diemen's Land, 1841. Mathinna, t ...Show more
Anxious in a Sweet Store by Anna Jacobson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Anna Jacobson mixes up the fiercely serious with the whimsical in her second book of poems, exploring a daily life of navigating small rituals and routines along with anxiety, a crippling companion.Anxious in a Sweet Store is Anna Jacobson's second illustrated poetry collection where the 'sweet', whimsi ...Show more
Best of Australian Poems 2023 by Gig Ryan (ed.), Panda Ryan (ed.)
$34.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Best of Australian Poems Ser.
Best of Australian Poems is an annual anthology collecting previously published and unpublished poems to create a poetic snapshot and barometer of the year that was. Capturing the richness and diversity of Australian poetry, across a timeframe of 1 July 2022 - 1 August 2023, the series, now in its third ...Show more
Meanjin Vol 82, No 4
$24.99 AUD
Category: Literature
Summer warms us, brings us together, opens our hearts. Meanjin's writers began 2023 imploring us to get our house in order and prepare for what comes next. At the end of this momentous year, Australia's journal of record offers that perfect art-fiction focus to accompany all your summer adventures. We b ...Show more
Griffith Review 83 Past Perfect
$27.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: Griffith Review Ser.
The past, famously, is a foreign country — but in the twenty-first century, it’s one in which we increasingly seek solace. No matter the relentless pace of technological innovation and the digitisation of everything from money to media – our appetites for retro design and aesthetics, for cultural produc ...Show more
Last Letter to a Reader by Gerald Murnane
$26.95 AUD
Category: Literature
A final work by internationally acclaimed Australian author Gerald Murnane, reflecting on his career as a writer, and the fifteen books which have led critics to praise him as ‘a genius on the level of Beckett’.A book which will appeal equally to Murnane’s legion of fans, and to those new to his work, a ...Show more
Leaves of Grass (Word Cloud Classics) by Walt Whitman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Word Cloud Classics | Reading Level: General Adult
"Leaves of Grass" is a timeless collection of poems and essays penned by influential nineteenth-century writer Walt Whitman. This profound compilation explores topics such as nature, mysticism, mortality, transcendentalism, and democracy. Inspired by personal experiences and observations, Whitman spent ...Show more
Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Pocket Edition) by Emily Dickinson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Barnes Noble Leatherbound Pocket Editions
Only a handful of Emily Dickinson's nearly 2000 poems were published in her lifetime, but today she is recognised as one of the most important American poets of the 19th century. This attractive collection gathers more than 150 of her memorable works. Featuring insights about nature, love, life, death a ...Show more