Arts Music Barry Jones shares an intimate poem about his life and career by Happy For fans of poetry, complex beauties, and unbridled honesty, Tasmania’s own Barry Jones has shared a stirring poem for the masses. Barry Jones sees the…
Interviews Music Barry Jones chats honesty, his creative process, and his new EP ‘True Present’ by Happy Barry Jones is the storyteller that music needed. Possessing an understanding and honesty that most musicians can only dream of, he is a legend in…
Music Barry Jones weaves an anthology of dark, nocturnal poems on his EP ‘True Present’ by Emily Elvish On his latest release, Barry Jones manifests a cultural subtext. Rich and brooding, the artist captures our nation like no-one has done before. Who is…
Lists Here are 12 of the greatest short poems ever written by Manning Patston To celebrate the beautiful art of poetry, we’re counting off 12 of the greatest poems that nailed it in just a few sentences. Whilst novels…
News Lana Del Rey releases spoken word album ‘Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass’ by Kayla McNicoll It feels like forever since Lana Del Rey announced that she would be releasing her first spoken word album this year. Well, today is the day that…
News Lana Del Rey details new spoken poetry album, ‘Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass’ by Emily Elvish Queen Lana Del Rey has teased fans with details of her upcoming poetry audiobook Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass. Del Ray announced that her…
News Florence Welch shares ‘collective poem’ made from fan contributions by Talya Jacobson Florence Welch reached out to fans recently, asking them to submit lines to her ‘collective poem’. Now she has shared that poem online, bringing forth…
News Patti Smith has written a poem for Greta Thunberg by James Peppercorn What better way for Greta Thunberg to celebrate turning 17 than by having a punk rock laureate write her a poem? Patti Smith has written…
Books News 5 of the best books for our legendary mums by Happy Mother’s Day is upon us again. Though most good kids spoil their mums everyday, special occasions such as this require the bringing out of the…
Books News Lana Del Rey announces $1 poetry book, “because my thoughts are priceless” by Patti Burton Lana Del Rey has announced on Instagram she will be putting out a poetry book said to be titled Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass …
News Neil Tennant dissects Pet Shop Boys’ powerfully influential lyrics in his new anthology by Molly Lasker Often understated but profoundly influential, the music of Pet Shop Boys offers a strangely brooding and buoyantly melodic dissection of the cultural climate of Britain…
Arts News Kurdish refugee detained on Manus Island wins Australia’s top literary award by Molly Lasker Behrouz Boochani couldn’t attend this year’s Victorian Prize for Literature, despite winning the top prize of $100,000. He was elsewhere. A detainee of Manus Island,…
News Leonard Cohen says goodbye with these final poems by Molly Lasker The Flame is the final collection of one of the world’s greatest lyricists, Leonard Cohen. Posthumously published by Allen & Unwin with a foreword by the…
