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Author Archives: Polly Grant Butler
GUEST POST: Dr David Faber on Harry Hodgetts: The flawed broker behind Don Bradman’s move to Adelaide by John Davis
From ‘Big Shot’ to ‘Swindler’, racier newspapers gloated when Harry Hodgetts was convicted of fraud and false pretences in September 1945. But how did things go so wrong for Hodgetts?
In Harry Hodgetts: The flawed broker behind Don Bradman’s move to Adelaide, John Davis writes the complex story of this hard-working, gifted social climber, his fall into bankruptcy and a prison cell, and the scandal that haunted Bradman’s reputation.
In this special guest post, Dr David Faber of Flinders University provides his reflections on this riveting biography.
Continue readingARTIST Q&A with Marijana Tadic
In the wake of the publication of Art Made Public, a stunning celebration of Marijana Tadic’s thirty-year practice, the artist sat down to answer some of our questions about public art and its role in society.
Continue readingPOETRY SPOTLIGHT: ‘Good Friday’ by Steve Brock
This week’s poetry spotlight shines on Steve Brock’s Live at Mr Jake’s, highlighting the poem ‘Good Friday’.
POETRY SPOTLIGHT: ‘New York’ by Aidan Coleman
This week’s poetry spotlight shines on Aidan Coleman’s poem ‘New York’, which was included in the 2009 anthology Catch Fire: Friendly Street Poets 33, edited by Aidan Coleman and Juliet A. Paine.
POETRY SPOTLIGHT: ‘the difficulty with honesty in the long-term relationship & the consequences thereof’ by Ali Whitelock
The first poetry spotlight of the year shines on Ali Whitelock’s poem ‘the difficulty with honesty in the long-term relationship & the consequences thereof’ from her latest collection A Brief Letter to the Sea About a Couple of Things.
BEHIND THE BOOKS: Ben Sando on Bakowski & Bolton
This week, guest reviewer Ben Sando gives his impressions on the combined works of Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton, including their most recent poetry collections Waldo’s Game and On Luck Street.
Ben Sando is an exhibiting artist based in Adelaide – mostly painting, mostly abstract – but has also worked with manipulated photographic images and made performance and installation work. His critical writing has appeared in various magazines, most notably a review of the Adelaide Biennial in Art Monthly and a major article on the photography of Ian North.
Continue readingPOETRY SPOTLIGHT: ‘Small Boy On Holiday’ & ‘Leave them right there, Clint’
This week’s poetry spotlight celebrates the latest collections (yes, that plural is intentional, there’s two!) from the delightful duo Ken Bolton and Peter Bakowski. Waldo’s Game and On Luck Street will be officially launched into the world on November 4 (Adelaide) and November 8 (Melbourne).
Continue readingBEHIND THE BOOKS: Jesse Pollard on The Inkwell
This week, Wakefield’s talented typesetter Jesse Pollard tells us about The Inkwell, a community of writers who support each other throughout the publishing process, and also produce a monthly anthology called The Inkwell presents.
Continue readingBACKLIST SPOTLIGHT: Nature Strip by Leonie Stevens
This week turns our spotlight to fiction, highlighting the 1994 novel by Leonie Stevens, Nature Strip: A story of love and revenge.