This World Poetry Day, we’re celebrating the lives and work of some of Australia’s most recognisable poets. Their work has stood the test of time, and their words continue to linger well past the last page flick. 

Browse our selection of rule breakers, fierce change makers and iconic figures below. 

Judith Wright: Selected Writings 

‘We can admire Wright’s public work as an environmentalist and advocate for Indigenous people, traverse her pioneering past and glimpse the intimate glades of poet’s life.’ —The Sydney Morning Herald

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Continuous Creation

‘Murray’s poetry is Blakean, capturing angelic loveliness at the crux of the earthly and earthy.’ —Lyn McCredden, The Conversation

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My Tongue Is My Own: A Life of Gwen Harwood 

‘…for me she’s always been the most evocative singer amongst Australian poets, a deeply humane literary artist whose work on the page has brought me to tears in the way only the best made music can.’ —Gregory Day, The Australian

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