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Best of Australian Poems 2025
Series: Best of Australian Poems
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Best of Australian Poems 2025 is an annual anthology that collects both previously published and unpublished poems, creating a poetic snapshot and barometer of the year that was. Capturing the richness and diversity of Australian poetry from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, the series,...
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Best of Australian Poems 2025 is an annual anthology that collects both previously published and unpublished poems, creating a poetic snapshot and barometer of the year that was. Capturing the richness and diversity of Australian poetry from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, the series, now in its fifth year, explores how poetic responses to the contemporary moment develop with each passing year.
The book begins with introductory words and framing by its 2025 editors, Nam Le and Jill Jones, who are multiple award-winning and highly respected poets, authors, and editors. Both Jill and Nam enjoy the highest reputations in their literary vocations. Jill is one of the longest-standing Australian poets renowned for her enduring innovation and prodigiousness, with her New & Selected, Acrobat Music, published in 2023. Nam's 2008 short-story collection, The Boat, was seen to restore the genre to the centrestage, garnering national and international attention. His debut poetry book, 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem, won Book of the Year (2024) at the NSW Literary Awards, while also gathering a range of other commendations and award listings, including for the ALS Gold Medal.
Previous editors of this prestigious series have included Ellen van Neerven and Toby Fitch (2021); Jeanine Leane and Judith Beveridge (2022); Panda Wong and Gig Ryan (2023); and Kate Lilley and Shastra Deo (2024).
The Best of Australian Poems (BoAP) series is published by Australia's national poetry organisation, Australian Poetry, and features two different guest editors each year to amplify the range of voices selected. It is funded by Creative Australia, Creative Victoria, and individual patrons.
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Best of Australian Poems 2025
Best of Australian Poems 2025 is an annual anthology that collects both previously published and unpublished poems, creating a poetic snapshot and barometer of the year that was. Capturing the richness and diversity of Australian poetry from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, the series, now in its fifth year, explores how poetic responses to the contemporary moment develop...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Best of Australian Poems 2023
Best of Australian Poems is an annual anthology collecting previously published and unpublished poems to create a poetic snapshot and barometer of the year that was. Capturing the richness and diversity of Australian poetry across a timeframe of 1 July 2022 to 1 August 2023, the series (now in its third year) will explore how poetic responses to the contemporary...Paperback$7900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
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ISBN: 9780992318963
Publisher: Australian Poetry
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 November 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: Australian Poetry
Illustration: Illustrations
Contributors:
- Guest editor Nam Le
- Guest editor Jill Jones
DIMENSIONS
Weight: 250g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Nam Le is the author of The Boat, On David Malouf, and 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem, which was published last year in Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. Poems from it appeared in Heat, Overland, Paris Review, Poetry, Granta, APR, and elsewhere.
Jill Jones' latest book is Acrobat Music: New & Selected Poems (2023), short-listed for the 2024 John Bray Poetry Prize, long-listed for the 2024 ALS Gold Medal and commended in the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize. In 2021 her book, Wild Curious Air, won the 2021 Wesley Michel Wright Prize, and in 2015 she won the Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry for The Beautiful Anxiety. Her work is widely published in Australia and internationally. From 2008-2022, she was Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide, and is currently a titleholder at the University. She has also previously worked as an arts administrator, film reviewer, journalist and book editor.
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