This page lists recently published or forthcoming in 2017 poetry collections, verse novels and flash fiction. In most cases, a strike through a title indicates that the book has been sent to a reviewer. We will not enter into any correspondence with authors or publishers once the review process has been set in motion.
- Jeanine Leane. Walk Back Over. Melbourne: Cordite Books, 2017
- Anne Elvey. White on White. Melbourne: Cordite Books, 2017
- Tanya Thaweeskulchai. A Salivating Monstrous Plant. Melbourne: Cordite Books, 2017
- Broede Carmody. Flat Exit. Melbourne: Cordite Books, 2017
- Omar Sakr. These Wild Houses. Melbourne: Cordite Books, 2017
- Matthew Hall. False Fruits. Melbourne: Cordite Books, 2017
- Mez Breeze. Attn: Solitude. Melbourne: Cordite Books, 2017
- Derek Motion. The Only White Landscape. Melbourne: Cordite Books, 2017
- Ian McBryde. We the Mapless: New and Selected Poems. Brisbane: Bareknuckle Books, 2017
- Ken Bolton. Lonnie’s Lament. Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2017
- Amelia Dale. Constitution. Sydney: Inken Publisch, 2017
- Dave Drayton. P(oe)Ms. Melbourne: Rabbit Poets Series, 2017
- Alan Loney. Heidegger’s Bicycle: Notebooks 2015-2017. London: Paekakariki, 2017
- Petra White. Reading for a Quiet Morning. Melbourne: Gloria SMH, 2017
- Jordie Albiston. Euclid’s Dog. Melbourne: Gloria SMH, 2017
- Claire Marie Stancek. Mouths. Las Cruces: Noemi Press, 2017
- Eddie Paterson. redactor. Geelong: Whitmore Press, 2017
- Diane Fahey. November Journal. Geelong: Whitmore Press, 2017
- Jennifer Maiden. Plays with Knives, trilogy. Sydney: Quemar Press, 2017
- Magdalena Ball. Unmaking Atoms. Port Adelaide: Ginninderra Press, 2017
- Barbara Fisher. Rescued from Time. Port Adelaide: Ginninderra Press, 2017
- Miranda Lello. A Song, the World to Come. Canberra: Recent Work Press, 2017
- Melinda Smith and Caren Florence. Members Only. Canberra: Recent Work Press, 2017
- Paul Munden. The Bulmer Murder. Canberra: Recent Work Press, 2017
- Charlotte Guest. Soap. Canberra: Recent Work Press, 2017
- Monica Carroll. Isolator. Canberra: Recent Work Press, 2017
- Paul Hetherington. Icarus. Canberra: Recent Work Press, 2017
- Owen Bullock. Work and Play. Canberra: Recent Work Press, 2017
- Jenn Webb. Sentences from the Archive. Canberra: Recent Work Press, 2016
- Caitlin Maling. Border Crossing. Fremantle: Fremantle Press, 2017
- Tracy Ryan and John Kinsella, eds. The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry. Fremantle: Fremantle Press, 2017
- Alan Wearne, ed. With the Youngsters. Melbourne: Grand Parade Poets, 2017
- Paul Summers. Straya. Yorkshire: Smoke Stack Books, 2017
- Rose Hunter. Glass. Melbourne: Five Islands Press, 2017
- Kirsten Lang. Man with Star. Melbourne: Five Islands Press, 2017
- Jill Jones. Brink. Melbourne: Five Islands Press, 2017
- Gaylene Carbis. Anectodal Evidence. Melbourne: Five Islands Press, 2017
- Jill Gloyne. Brushstrokes. Port Adelaide: Ginninderra Press, 2017
- Shevaun Cooley. Homing. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2017
- Jennifer Maiden. The Metronome. Sydney: Quemar Press / Giramondo Publishing, 2016 / 2017
- Lionel Fogarty. Harvest Lingo. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2017
- Oscar Schwartz. The Honeymoon Stage. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2017
- Alan Wearne. These Things Are Real. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2017
Brian Castro. Blindness and Rage. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2017- Michael Farrell. I Love Poetry. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2017
- J S Harry. New and Selected Poems. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2017
- Bonny Cassidy. Chatelaine. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2017
- Lachlan Brown. The Surface of your Lunar Inheritance. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2017
- Kate Middleton. Passage. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2017
- Corey Wakeling. The Alarming Conservatory. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2017
- Claire Marie Stancek. Mouths. Las Cruces: Noemi Publishing, 2017
- Stephen Edgar. Transparencies. Fitzroy: Black Pepper Publishing, 2017
- Jennifer Harrison. Sure. Fitzroy: Black Pepper Publishing, 2017
- Paul Cliff. A Constellation of Abnormalities. Sydney: Puncher & Wattmann, 2017
- Melinda Bufton. Superette. Sydney: Puncher & Wattmann, 2017
- Amanda Johnson. Rendition. Sydney: Puncher & Wattmann, 2017
- Mark Reid. The War of Independence. Sydney: Puncher & Wattmann, 2017
- Karen Andrews. On the Many Shapes Bodies Will Take. Eltham: Miscellaneous Press, 2017
- Luke Simon. The Gospel of the Fallen. Sydney: Stirling Publishing, 2017
- Lionel Fogarty. Lionel George Fogarty: Selected Poems 1980-2017. Melbourne: Re.Press, 2017
- Merlinda Bobis. Accidents of Composition. North Melbourne: Spinnifex Press, 2017
- Christine Courtney. Venetian Voices. Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2017
- Aaron Brindle. The Den of Lost Hours. Sydney: Crescent Moon Books, 2017
- Phil Wilcox. Beetle Prayer. Sydney: Pitt Street Poetry, 2017
- John Foulcher. A Casual Penance. Sydney: Pitt Street Poetry, 2017
- Jenny Blackford. The Loyalty of Chickens. Sydney: Pitt Street Poetry, 2017
- Melinda Smith. Goodbye, Cruel. Sydney: Pitt Street Poetry, 2017
- Geoff Page. Hard Horizons. Sydney: Pitt Street Poetry, 2017
- Ron Pretty. The Left Hand Mirror. Sydney: Pitt Street Poetry, 2017
- Simon Kronenberg. Distance. Sydney: Pitt Street Poetry, 2017
- Lucy Dougan and Tim Dolin, eds. The Collected Poems of Fay Zwicky. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
- David Adès. Afloat in Light. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
- John Falzon. Communists Like Us. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
- Sarah Rice. Fingertip of the Tongue. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
- Paul Munden. Fugue. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
- Carolyn Abbs. The Tiny Museums. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
- Ross Gibson. The Criminal Re-Register. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
- Dominique Hecq. Hush: A Fugue. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
- Quinn Eades. Rallying. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
- Alan Gould. Charlie Twirl. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
- Amanda Joy. Snake Like Charms. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
- Luke Fischer. A Personal History of Vision. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
- Judy Johnson. Dark Convicts. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017
Susan Fealy. Flute of Milk. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2017Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. Collected Poems 1969-2015. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2016Bella Li. Argosy. Tokyo: Vagabond Press, 2017- Kris Hemensley. Your Scratch Entourage. Melbourne: Cordite Books, 2016
- Chris Mann. Whistlin Is Did. Melbourne: Cordite Books, 2016
- Alan Loney. Beginnings. Los Angeles: Otis Books, Seismicity Editions, 2016
- Michelle Cahill. The Herring Lass. Todmorden: Arc Publications, 2016
- Eddie Paterson. redactor. Geelong: Whitmore Press, 2017
A J Carruthers. Notational Experiments in North American Long Poems, 1961-2011. Sydney: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Jenn Webb. Sentences from the Archive. Canberra: Recent Work Press, 2016- Owen Bullock. River’s Edge. Canberra: Recent Work Press, 2016
- Niloofar Fanaiyan. Transit. Canberra: Recent Work Press, 2016
- Greg Rochlin. Footsteps. Kyneton: Little Fox Press, 2016
- Maitland, Allinson, O’Reilly, Cox and Dzunko. Two Three Four. Melbourne: Slow Canoe Press, 2016
- Nathanael O’Reilly. New and Selected Poems of Anna Wickham. Perth: UWA Publishing, 2017
- Nathanael O’Reilly. Preparations for Departure. Perth: UWA Publishing, 2017
- Andrew Taylor. Impossible Preludes. Perth: Margaret River Press, 2016
- Paul Croucher. The Landing. Yarraville: Transit Lounge Press, 2016
- George Genovese. Love Letters to the World. Port Adelaide: Ginninderra Press, 2016
- Paul Scully. Suture Lines. Ulladulla: Guillotine Press, 2016
- Lidija Simkute. White Rainbows. Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers’ Union Press, 2016
- Carmen Leigh Keats. Meteorites. Geelong: Whitmore Press, 2016
- Heather Taylor Johnson. Meanwhile, the Oak. Parkville: Five Islands Press, 2016
- Debi Hamilton. The Sly Night Creatures of Desire. Ormond: Hybrid Publishers, 2016
- John Passant. Songs for the Band Unformed. Port Adelaide: Ginninderra Press, 2016
- Barbara Fisher. Rescued from Time. Port Adelaide: Ginninderra Press, 2016
- Arjun von Caemmerer. Vice Versa: new and Selected Poems. Melbourne: Collective Effort Press, 2016
- Debi Hamilton. The Sly Night Creatures of Desire. Ormond: Hybrid Publishing, 2016
- Timoshenko Aslanides. Troubador: Poetry and Original Music for Violin. Ormond: Hybrid Publishing, 2016
- Homer Reith. The Garden of Earth, The Murray Darling. Fitzroy: Black Pepper Publishing, 2016
- Sara Larsen. Merry Hell. Berkeley: Atelos, 2016
- John Stokes. John Stokes. Canberra: Halstead Press, 2016
- Pete Hay. Physick. Nottingham: Shoestring Press, 2016
- Yasmin Heisler. Aquarium Drift. Sydney: SOd Press, 2016
- Catherine Vidler. Chaingrass. Sydney: SOd Press, 2016
- Judy Dally. Lost Property. Adelaide: Garron Publishing, 2016
Louise McKenna. The Martyrdom of Bees. Adelaide: Garron Publishing, 2016- Aidan Coleman. Cartoon Snow. Adelaide: Garron Publishing, 2016
- David Adès. Only the Questions are Eternal. Adelaide: Garron Publishing, 2016
Jelena Dinić. Button on My Dress. Adelaide: Garron Publishing, 2016- Rachel Mead. The Quiet Blue World. Adelaide: Garron Publishing, 2016
- Rob Walker. Policies & Procedures. Adelaide: Garron Publishing, 2016
- Katherine Coles. Bewilder. Canberra: Recent Work Press, 2016
Hera Lindsay Bird. Hera Lindsay Bird. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2016- Francesca Jurate Sasnaitis. The Book of Fables. PERTH: RATAS Editions, 2016
- John Dickson. Mister Hamilton. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2016
- Judith Rodriguez. Flares. Castlemaine: Mark Time Books, 2016
- Jan Owen. The Wicked Flowers of Charles Baudelaire. Exeter: Shoestring Press, 2016
- Natasha Dennerstein. Triptych Caliform. San Francisco: Norfolk Press, 2016
- Bruce Dawe. Border Security. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2016
Jennifer Crone. Our Lady of the Fence Post. Perth: UWAP Poetry, 2016Zoe Dzunko. Selfless. New York: Atlas Review, 2016Michelle Cahill. Letter to Pessoa. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2016- Maureen Gibbons. The Butter Lady. Melbourne: Rabbit Poetry, 2016
Ruth McIver. The Sunset Club. RM, 2016Paul Kane. Welcome Light. New York: Audubon Terrace Press, 2016- John Kinsella. Graphology. Parkville: Five Islands Press, 2016
Kevin Brophy. This is what gives us time. Melbourne: Gloria SMH, 2016Brook Emery. have been and are. Melbourne: Gloria SMH, 2016Aileen Kelly. Fire work: last poems. Melbourne: Gloria SMH, 2016- Geoff Gilbert and Alex Houen. Hold! West. London: Eyewear, 2016
Cassie Lewis. The Blue Decodes. Wollongong: Grand Parade Poets, 2016Nathan Curnow. The Apocalypse Awards. North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2016- John Kinsella. Firebreaks: Poems. Melbourne: Wiley, 2016
- Greg McLaren. Australian Ravens. Glebe: Puncher and Wattmann, 2016
- Rae Desmond Jones. A Caterpillar on a Leaf. Glebe: Puncher and Wattmann, 2016
Andrew Sant. How to Proceed. Glebe: Puncher and Wattmann, 2016Eileen Chong. Painting Red Orchids. Sydney: Pitt St Poetry, 2016- Tony Page. Dawn the Proof. Melbourne: Hybrid Press, 2016
- Rebecca T. Anonuevo. Selected Poems. Tokyo: Vagabond Press, 2016
Elizabeth Allen. Present. Tokyo: Vagabond Press, 2016- Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng. Captive and Temporal. Tokyo: Vagabond Press, 2016
Lưu Diệu Vân. M of December. Tokyo: Vagabond Press, 2016- Leith Morton, trans. Poems of Yotsumoto Yasuhiro, Minashita Kiryū and Soh Sakon. Tokyo: Vagabond Press, 2016
Peter Boyle, trans. Poems of Olga Orozco, Marosa di Giorgio, Jorge Palma . Tokyo: Vagabond Press, 2016Anthony Lawrence. Headwaters. Sydney: Pitt Street Poetry, 2016- Diane Fahey. A House by the River. Sydney: Puncher & Wattmann, 2016
- Terese Svoboda. Anything That Burns You: A Portrait of Lola Ridge, Radical Poet. Tucsan: Schaffner Press, 2016
- Lauren Williams. Cleanskin Poems. Sydney: Island Books, 2016