Best of Australian Poems 2024 ed. by Kate Lilley, Shastra Deo

Best of Australian Poems 2024 ed. by Kate Lilley, Shastra DeoBest of Australian Poems is an annual anthology collecting previously published and unpublished poems to create a poetic snapshot and barometer of the year that was.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 20231 August 2024, the series (now in its fourth year) explores how poetic responses to the contemporary moment develop with each passing year. The book opens with an introduction by its 2024 editors,

But all that changes when an errant Fae warrior enters her domain

But there is a crucial part of the story missing and time is running out

fully illustrated storybook will help children to cope with

or so it's said

and rewarding

resilient and endlessly resourceful

and how cats can change our lives

but also the diversity

she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it

Whether searching for that first position

bought a train ticket on the Ghan and after some time in Adelaide

Nell will discover things about the community and about herself that will challenge everything she thought she knew