Hilary McPhee's inaugural collection of contemporary writing is indiosyncratic & personal, her biases & enthusiasms on display. It shows all the signs of a thriving literary culture engaging with the rest of the world & refelcting on our own with more sophistication than even a decade ago.

"Getting my bearings back after a long absence was essential - so the suggestion I compile some annual anthologies of recent Australian writing came when most needed.
I started by seeking writing that was international, engaged, political - & was not expecting to find much. It didn't take long to realise that I was quite wrong."
Hilary McPhee

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