The striking poems presented here represent the widening breadth of contemporary Australian literature. Holland-Batt’s unique and shadowy voice evokes a fresh, alternative view not only of the world but of life as a whole.

Sarah Holland-Batt has been awarded the Dorothy Hewett Fellowship for Poetry and an Asialink Literature Residency at Aichi Shukutoku University. She is a recipient of the 2007 Thomas Shapcott Poetry prize.