Halstead Press

This is a book with a surprising agenda. Ostensibly the newest in a series of single volumes that combine selected poems with critical writings, it pursues an exploration of what poetry is and isn’t. This collection of Banjo’s best poems, with striking comments by Paterson and others, had to be published.

As long as Covid-19 was a medical emergency, the good people of Australia trusted what they were told, and submitted to control without questioning the medical justification.

A compelling true story about love, culture and grief; a testament to the strength of the binds that tie families together.

“What links the fidelity of the historian and the imagination of the historical novelist is that the work of both should be offered and read as if it were true.”

Tony Grey reflects on the various phases of his life, trying to separate out what is truly important from the hurly-burly of it all.

Illuminating Claude Neon’s history, from its role in revolutionising the 1920s Sydney cityscape to brightening Australian landmarks today.

Pneumatics, Ship-building, Phrenology and more: the founding and history of Sydney’s flagship vocational school.

Robert Likeman uncovers the stories of the hundreds of Australian doctors who kept WWII troops together between the attack on Pearl Harbour the fall of Gona.

There is a difference between knowing a house and knowing about it.

“Sometimes people just trip over a history.” (more…)