Brunswick Bound Books

Lisa Gorton has a PhD on the poety of John Donne from the University of Oxford.  She is a poet and novelist, essayist and reviewer.  Her first poetry collection, Press Release , won the Victoria Premier's Award for Poetry; he second, Hotel Hyperion , was awarded the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal.  Lisa's novel, The Life of Houses , was the co-winner of the 2016 Prime Minister's Award for Fiction. Lisa will be reading from her recent collection of poetry, Empirical , for us at First Chapters on Friday 6 March. 1. Brunswick Bound has asked you to read a piece from your published work.  Tell us what we can expect from the piece you have chosen? I'll read something from my most recent poetry collection Empirical .  It's a book about place, memory and empire and its first sequence is set in Royal Park. 2. How would you describe your writing? As a reader's writing. 3. What was the first book that you read (or had read to you) that left a...

Amy Bodossian is a critically acclaimed cabaret performer, comedian and poet who has been captivating audiences with her eccentric and unforgettable work.  Her career began in her hometown Adelaide where she was nothing short of a spoken word icon - her raw, poignant, and often absurd style of performance poetry becoming a favourite amongst Adelaide audiences.  She has won the SA Young Women Writes' Poetry Award and been on ABCs Spicks and Specks and Please Like Me , and performed sell out shows to audiences across Australia. Amy will be reading from her first book of poetry Wide Open , at First Chapters on Friday 7 February. 1. Brunswick Bound has asked you to read a piece from your published work.  Tell us what we can expect from the piece you have chosen? In Wide Open I dive into the oceans of my romantic escapades. The three poems I've chosen represent three different stages of some of these. The first is a pretty humorous exploration of sexual tension d...

Saradha Koirala is a Nepali/Pakeha writer and poet from Aotearoa.  She teaches English, Literature and Creative Writing in Melbourne.  She is the author of three poetry collections and a teen novel.  Koirala also writes literature reviews and has interviewed international authors and covered events such as the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival.   Saradha will be reading from her book of poetry Photos of the Sky for us at First Chapters on Friday 3 May . 1. Brunswick Bound has asked you to read a chapter from your published work.  Tell us what we can expect from the chapter you have chosen? My latest book is a collection of poetry, so I thought I would read the first 8-10 poems (they’re quite short). The book is in four sections and the first is titled ‘Reach’ as in to stretch out for something. The section contains poems I wrote while still living in Wellington, but starting to long to move over to Melbourne. The first few are ver...

      Andrew Brion came to writing poetry later in life.  Andrew has published in various Melbourne magazines and has also been active in Spoken Word poetry.  His writing broadly covers themes exploring our philosophical, emotional and intellectual relationship with the world; themes of travel, and contemporary themes including politics.  He grew up in the north of England and now lives in Melbourne.             Andrew will be reading for us at First Chapters on Friday 1 March  from his first book of poetry Soul Moves .        We asked him a few questions to get to know him better.  Here's what he had to say. 1.       Brunswick Bound has asked you to read a piece from your published work.  Tell us what we can expect from the piece you have chosen? I’ll probably read some poems from my book, Soul Moves . I expect to read some poems on the theme of ...