My new poetry book Density of Compact Bone is now out from Ginninderra Press. Of the book, the wonderful Ivy Ireland says:
“The poems of Magdalena Ball’s The Density of Compact Bone are utterly visceral, sometimes temporal, but never quite ephemeral – lines will ring out in waves inside the mind long after the final page has been turned. These poems are not only haunting, but haunted: by the sense of something undetermined gone missing and also by what is known to be lost. These are poems explored through the body; internal, intimate and yet filled with paradigmatic shifts: from personal grief to global keening, from the blurred landscape of raw human feeling to the clear data of exacting scientific analysis. Apocalypse is rife here, but this collection moves beyond a dissection of our end times. These poems are intelligent – at times almost mordantly so – meticulously crafted and ontologically restless, yet somehow Ball’s humour, unassuming warmth, and varied musings on the movement of birds, the colour of planets or the buzzing of bees, leaves the reader feeling as though they have been gifted a potent balm for the relentless wounding ubiquitous here in the Anthropocene.”
To purchase, visit Ginninderra Press: https://www.ginninderrapress.com.au/store.php?product/page/2354/Magdalena+Ball+%2F+The+Density+of+Compact+Bone
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Or best of all, ask for it from your local bookshop. They should be able to get it in for you (and save you postage!). Ebooks or hardcopies are available from most online retailers.
I’m pleased to have a poem, “Rhythmic Oscillations,” in the Not Very Quiet Anthology edited by Moya Pacey & Sandra Renew and published by Recent Work Press. The book will be launched on Thursday the 25th of November 7-830 AEST on Zoom by Anita Patel, [Guest Editor NVQ, Editorial Board Recent Work Press]. You can pre-order copies from the Recent Work Press website: 
This gorgeous new anthology, Poetry for the Planet, edited by the wonderful Julia Kaylock and Denise O’Hagen is now available. The anthology contains eco-themed poems from poets around Australia and New Zealand, and I’m very pleased to have a poem of mine included. The anthology can be purchased from the publisher Litoria Press here: 
I’ve been spending the morning reading through the fabulous latest issue of Burrow, which features many wonderful poems written around a provocation of ‘What does mental health (good or otherwise) look like through the prism of non-human companionship?’ The responses couldn’t be more varied, but I think, without exception, they are all excellent, thought-provoking, and moving.
