A collection of poems that is by turns a voice and a chorus: a hyper-vivid array of dramatic monologues, allegories, parables and tall tales. It creates world after world, peculiar yet always particular, where the only certainty is the unexpected.

Funded by Arts Council England, the Faber New Poets programme is an exciting venture whose aim is to create a culture of support for select new poets at pre-first collection stage. In 2009, the awarded poets are Fiona Benson, Heather Phillipson Toby Martinez de las Rivas and Jack Underwood.

Gives the lowdown on what it is to be an Indigenous woman today. Yvette Holt's startling and fresh poems treat us to an energetic and unconventional journey from love, sex, empowerment and travel, to motherhood and family, activism and grief. Her voice is loud and proud and she is not afraid to use it. Australian author.