Water is contained in these poems in many different ways: from the water filling a second-hand cooler in an old farmhouse to ocean riptides and impassive dams; from swimming lessons to paddocks layered with water after rain. From scheme water, pipelines and a countryside in the grip of drought – the water in this collection is a many-sided metaphor. Tracy Ryan's latest collection of poems is full of intimate intensity and clear vision, each poem wrought with consummate skill by "one of Aus...

'If I held my whole kingdom in one hand and my son in the other, I would toss them both to the bottom of the sea before I would let them impede me.'Sixteenth-century Princess Jeanne d'Albret is twice royal: her uncle is King of France, her father King of Navarre. She is small, she is often ill yet she won't allow that to define her. As a child, she is carried to the altar at the French King's command but she and her mother have a secret plan to get their own way......

Two women from different worlds in Renaissance France cross paths in a way that changes both their lives.One is Marguerite de Navarre, a King's sister. Powerful, privileged and widely admired, Marguerite must nonetheless marry where she is told to, regardless of her feelings, and despite the thrilling new ideas of religious reform causing upheaval in France must toe the line for the good of her brother's kingdom. Ever a risk-taker, she does what she can to protect her reformist fri...

Poems of keen appraisal and survival, bound by a cohesive vision, form this collection, which features the work of Australian poet Tracy Ryan. Revealing the poet's preoccupation with mortality, this compilation deals with the cold cross-examiner death by responding with life.

This collection of elegies for dead friends and a past love is also a tribute to poet Tracy Ryan's embattled but joyous life on a plot of land in the bush. In a long sequence addressed to her Swiss–German first husband, Ryan delves into the feelings found with unresolved grief and lost love and the ambivalent emotions that remain after severing intense relationships. The universal themes from one of Australia's most gifted scribes is a must read for anyone with an interest in poetry.

Kurt Stocker's Swiss childhoodis dominated by strict and god-fearing parents. He enters a seminary with theintent of becoming a priest and making his parents proud of him, but strugglesto adapt. Leaving this vocation behind, he marries Liesl and they eventuallyemigrate to Australia.Decades later in small town Australia, Terry Riley feels drawn toconvent life, despite her parent's objections. At the convent she is hauntedby a strange sickness and knows in timethat she must return to...

WhimsicalPoet: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry is a new quarterly anthology that features the work of today's most talented artists and poets. Each issue is carefully curated to accrue a fine selection of international works.

Giving your heart to your best friend comes with a big risk.I've fallen in love with my best friend, and she feels the same.It should be easy now, right?As our new relationship begins to blossom it's not long before people start to threaten the bond between us.Could their meddling and Molly's insecurities end us before we really have a chance?Is what we have worth fighting for or was it doomed from the start?Contains mature t...

I shouldn't want her—but damn, I need her.As my best friend, she's off limits, right? Wrong.After discovering her boyfriend's cheating, Molly shows up at my doorstep broken and alone. She's been my rock since my world collapsed, and now the tables are turned, it's my turn to support her.But something's changed, and how I'm feeling about her is against all the rules. She needs a shoulder to cry on; not another man to break her heart....

Sexual and Reproductive Justice: From the Margins to the Centre offers new insights and perspectives on sexual and reproductive justice. The thought-provoking and diverse contributions in this volume — which range from indigenous approaches to sexual violence to gender-affirming primary and mental healthcare — extend sexual and reproductive justice scholarship, and spark critical questions, novel thinking, and ongoing dialogue in this field.

Putting Image Repair to the Test:Quantitative Applications of Image Restoration Theory examines content analytic, attitudinal, and behavioral claims to advance current assertions made about image repair discourse, its effects, and the surrounding discourse. The contributors provide empirical data to answer research questions and to test various hypotheses in one substantive volume that builds on prior research in this field. Recommended for scholars in communication studies, public relatio...

Can we truly address poverty without centring the voices of those who live it? Bringing together voices from academia, grassroots activism, NGOs and the UK voluntary sector, this timely and accessible book explores how participatory approaches to activism can drive genuine, inclusive change.Through short, focused chapters, the authors critically unpack the contested definitions of ‘co-production’, ‘participation’ and ‘lived experience’ while showcasing practice models from across t...