Sholto Buck



Jenny Hedley Reviews Peter Rose and Sholto Buck

A tiny bag of crystal shard, almost empty, is tucked into Peter Rose’s Rattus Rattus (2005), presumably by its previous St Kilda Library–associated borrower. I am tempted to sample the remnants in order to conjure a different version of (my) critical self — the excuse being that I proposed reviewing Rose’s latest poetry volume Attention, Please! alongside Sholto Buck’s debut In the Printed Version of Heaven through a lens of performative selves. I move the bag from pages to table and back again, entertaining and then shelving temptation, unsure whose impulse will win out: the addictive personality of yore or this stable, routine, maternal self.

Posted in BOOK REVIEWS | Tagged , ,

‘The tension between reality and fantasy’: Georgia Kartas in Conversation with Sholto Buck

I first experienced Sholto Buck’s poetry on stage before encountering his poetry on the page, as shared with me via a mutual friend – one of the few people whose taste I trust. Fittingly, this interview is based on a …

Posted in INTERVIEWS | Tagged ,

Sholto Buck’s Very Useful Labours

It’s a warm morning at the beginning of the most recent Financial year I write and write like it’s my job I’ll never be this happy I suppose it’s bad research to admit I started a PhD to get out …

Posted in 102: GAME | Tagged