The Stars Like Sand Anthology preparing for lift off

Apparently it’s a physical thing, this anthology I’m in.  One of our intrepid editors, Penelope Cottier, has a photos of it in the wild here. But it’s not quite a thing that you can own yet.  You can order it in physical or digital form from the IP website here.  It’s official release date is in June

Following up on our award-winning Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand, IP has released an anthology of even wider scope showcasing the best in Australian speculative poetry from early times to the present.

Co-edited by renowned editors Tim Jones and P.S. Cottier, it features a virtual Who's Who of Australian poets including Judith Beveridge, Les Murray, Paul Hetherington, John Tranter, Diane Fahey, joanne burns, Caroline Caddy, David P Reiter, Peter Boyle, Alan Gould, Luke Davies, S.K. Kelen, Peter Minter, Jan Owen, Dorothy Porter, Philip Salom, Samuel Wagan Watson, Rod Usher, Jo Mills ... and many more!

Travel to the stars and beyond in this anthology by Australia's leading poets. Witness the end of the world, time travel to the future near or far, or teleport with a fairy or witch. 

Ghosts, dreams and strange creatures breed and mingle in these pages. 

Poetry has never been so mind-bending, or so entertaining.

 

So um yeah I’m in a collection with some really, really good Aussie poets. 

Now if you would like to get a copy signed by some of the poets you can come along to one of the launches.  I’ll be at the Melbourne launch on Friday 6th of June, details as follows:

 

Friday 6 June 2014, 6 for 6:30pm
Collected Works Bookshop
Level 1, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Free event, book signings available!

RSVP: Phone (03) 9654 8873
or email collectedworks@mailcity.com

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The Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry - Call for Submissions

With serendipitous timing Tim Jones has announced a call for submissions for The Stars Like Sand, a collection of speculative fiction poetry.

The Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry - Call for Submissions

They're heeeere! Cross-posted from my co-editor's blog, here are the full submission guidelines for forthcoming anthology The Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry. Australians, and expatriate Australians, are welcome to submit up to three poems for the anthology. The closing date for submissions is 4 June 2013. Make sure to read the full guidelines before you submit, and have fun out there!

THE ANTHOLOGY
The Stars Like Sand is a planned anthology of Australian speculative poetry. Speculative poetry is poetry in the science fiction, fantasy, horror and related genres. (Please see below for a fuller definition.) It is intended that the anthology will include both new and previously-published poetry, and include a historical survey of the field. The anthology is intended for publication in 2014.
The anthology will be published by IP (Interactive Publications Pty Ltd) of Brisbane, a leading Australian poetry publisher. IP previously published Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand in 2009 (see http://www.ipoz.biz/Titles/Voy.htm). Further information about IP is below.
The editors are New Zealand poet Tim Jones, who co-edited Voyagers, and Australian poet P. S. Cottier.

[Read on for details]

and if by chance you have missed my poetry (you lucky thing) you should be able to find February’s Post-it note poetry here.

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