Editors Anne Kellas and Giles Hugo.
PO Box 368, North Hobart, Tasmania 7002 Australia.
Email: anne.kellas [*at] gmail.com

May you find something here to inspire you!

by Lionel Abrahams

"Lionel Abrahams dedicated his life to literature and the refining power of literature over the human spirit."

— Nobel laureate, J M Coetzee

A selection of Lionels poetry is on this site, in vol.6, 2003.

Lionel's "great, infectious faith in poetry lay in the value he attached to the meeting of writer and reader on the page. Meeting him again in this book is a rare delight."

— Ivan Vladislavic.

Lionel taught poets the art of poetry for decades, and inherent in this work are 'lessons' from his heartfelt love of poetry.

Chaos Theory of the Heart was published by Roaring Forties Press
in association with Jacana Media, Johannesburg.
ISBN 0 9756797 1 6, 2005.

RRP: AUD$22.95 or direct from publisher $20 (within Australia).

Pay by cheque and post it with payment to:
Roaring Forties Press,
6 Rattle St,
New Town,
Hobart
Tasmania 7008 Australia.

• Vol.1, 1995: Book reviews; Interviews with writers
• Vol.2, 2000: Eric Beach
• Vol.3, 2001: Anne Kellas
• Vol.4, 2001: Another Country conference
• Vol.5, 2002: Stephen Oliver
• Vol.6, 2003: Lionel Abrahams
• Vol.7, 2003: Showcase of Tasmanian poetry
• Vol.8, 2005: Showcase of Tasmanian publishers (updated 27 January 2008)

In 2004 and 2005, we held two national competitions for short stories and poetry.
See: 2005 competition results
Judges' reports: poetry section | short story section and 2004 competition results
Judges' reports: poetry section | short story section

Please do not write to us to ask about any competitions at present. There are no plans for another literary competition in the near future. When there is one, it will be noted on this page.

NOTE re photographs of writers on this site: some have been supplied by the subjects; others by Giles Hugo are acknowledged as such.

Distributor: INT Books, Victoria
ph: +61 3 9326 2416; fax: +61 3 9326 2413.

The Literary Lunch:
Selected Stories

by Geoffrey Field Dean
ISBN 0 9756797 0 8, 2004.
RRP: AUD$22.95 or direct from
Roaring Forties Press

• Hear an interview with Geoff on The Book Show, 14 August 2007
  ABC Radio National.
  
  
• Read what the critics have said

ISBN 0 9756797 0 8, 2004.
RRP: AUD$22.95 or direct from
Roaring Forties Press

Geoff Dean's "short fiction is among the best in the country"
— The Age, 8/1/2005

His seventh collection, Under the Mountain, was published by Esperance Press in July 2007.

The Literary Lunch: Selected Stories, was published in 2004 by Roaring Forties Press.

"Multi-award winning Australian writer Geoffrey Dean proves once and for all, in his collection The Literary Lunch, that he is a writer in the true sense of the word...

This is a book to read in the heart of the city, with people milling all around, pigeons, dirt, gritty with life, and is a book to be read, then shared, and never forgotten."

— JAS Review of Books