Category Archives: Books

New review of High Wire Step

Posted on August 31, 2026 by magdalenaball

One of the many nice things about poetry is that it tends not to have a use-by date for publishers. It stays out there and you never know who will pick it up or when (often with fiction you have … Continue reading →

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Festival of the Spoken Word

Posted on July 20, 2026 by magdalenaball

In what’s looking like an exciting and busy August, I’ll be talking with the wonderful Joanne Fedler about her beautiful new memoir Bring Us Home From Sorrow on Tuesday the 4th of August at 7pm as part of Shalom Collective’s Festival … Continue reading →

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Sugar Frosted Koans

Posted on July 10, 2026 by magdalenaball

My fellow writer and interviewer extraordinaire Ed McManis invited me to participate in his fun project Sugar Frosted Koans. Koans are meditations from Zen Buddhism that transcend rational thinking. Along with a dozen or so other poets, we were invited … Continue reading →

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Melbourne Jewish Book Week 2026

Posted on June 26, 2026 by magdalenaball

When festival director Debbie Lee asked me if I would moderate a session titled Death, Grief, and Finding the Light for this year’s Melbourne Jewish Book Week with extraordinary authors Joanne Fedler, Katia Ariel, and Andrea Goldsmith, I was delighted. … Continue reading →

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New book!

Posted on June 12, 2026 by magdalenaball

I’m delighted that my new poetry collection will be published in Feb 2027 by Liquid Amber Press.  Liquid Amber press is rapidly becoming one of the most exciting poetry publishers in Australia with an excellent design and editorial team and … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Writers Festival 2026

Posted on February 6, 2026 by magdalenaball

The Newcastle Writers Festival weekend is my favourite time of the year. The Festival is always so warm (a good antidote from what has been going on elsewhere), pleasurable and accessible – with well-known names but also lots of locals, … Continue reading →

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Flying Island Book launches at Poetry at the Pub

Posted on January 14, 2026 by magdalenaball

I’ll be launching Ronald Araña Atilano’s new book New Ordinance for the Dead as part of Flying Islands new book launch at the first Poetry at the Pub on a special Tuesday night, The Grand Hotel, 32 Church St, Newcastle, Tuesday … Continue reading →

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Oystercatcher 2

Posted on December 7, 2025 by magdalenaball

The new rejuvenated 5 Islands Press is producing beautiful books and their second Oystercatcher anthology  is no exception. I’m delighted that poem “Knucklebones” is a part of this collection.  You can get a copy here: https://www.5islandspress.com/product-page/oystercatcher-two

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Book giveaway!

Posted on October 21, 2025 by magdalenaball

In celebration of The Jewish Poetry Project the Sydney Jewish Writers festival is running a giveaway to win some of the poetry books featured at the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival, including my Bobish.  Entries close 2 November at midnight and … Continue reading →

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New piece on Bobish at EcoTheo

Posted on October 8, 2025 by magdalenaball

Mike Panasitti has written a beautiful piece on Bobish for the Ecotheo Collective.   “True to the musical roots in her family, Bobish is Magdalena’s song to the universes that surround us and inhabit us.  It is an ode to … Continue reading →

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