Magdalena Ball

Pleased to have several poems included in the latest issue of Donnithorne Street Press’s magazine Have Your Chill, rubbing shoulders with Rae Armantrout, Robert Adamson, and Gig Ryan to drop just a few of many of the illustrious names in this 2-part issue.  Contact Pete Spence to order a copy or arrange a subscription.

Editor Ella Skilbeck-Porter has produced an exquisite anthology of poetry inspired by the Sydney Botanic gardens, including my Highly Commended poem “Anneslea fragrans”. The collection includes 163 poems from 105 poets and is beautifully illustrated and presented and the poetry is, without exception, wonderful.  I’m very honoured to have been included. It’s also free to download.  Grab a copy here:
https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/f266f1e4-94d0-4db7-b86e-66c98a44e409/New-Shoots-Anthology-FINAL

My new poetry book Unmaking Atoms is now available!  

The wonderful author Basil Eliades (3rd i, 50IV, The Men’s Deck) says of the book: “Magdalena Ball has assembled a delicate memento mori of our many subtle frames of reference. Her imagery is beautifully structured in heart-breaking threads, and redolent of her intellect, her warmth, and her love of text.”

To grab a copy visit: Ginninderra Press or click on the book cover for the Amazon page which has both print and ebook options.

I’m very excited to announce that my poem “Anneslea fragrans’ has been highly commended in the Rochford Street Review, The Red Room Company and the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney’s New Shoots Poetry Prize. You can read the full text of the poem and the winner and other commended poets here: https://rochfordstreetreview.com/2016/12/01/12865/

My poem “Once” has been published in the Hilary Clinton themed tissue of  Thank You for Swallowing.The issue is available free online here: https://thankyouforswallowing.files.wordpress.com

“Radiology” – a collaboration between me and Rob Walker, has been published in the 2016 Best Australian Science Writing. Grab a copy here: https://www.andrewisles.com/all-stock/publication/best-australian-science-writing-2016

I’m very pleased to report that I’ve won 2nd prize in the “Home is the Hunter” writing competition and my poem “Nature’s Observatory” will be featured in an anthology to be launched on Saturday 8th October at the New Lambton Community Centre, Alma Rd, New Lambton commencing at 6pm.  More details can be found here: http://www.catchfirepress.com.au.  The anthology will be launched by the wonderful Rosemarie Milsom.  You’re invited!

My poem “Malice, Golden Afternoon” has been published in NonBinary Review #10 Alice in Wonderland. Edited by Lise Quintana and Allie Marini, the anthology contains the work of 40 authors and artists writing about, or around
Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass.  Digital copies are available here: https://zoetic-press.myshopify.com/products/nonbinary-review-10-alice-in-wonderland

Stop Press: “Radiology” has been selected to be included in the 2016 Best Australian Science Writing anthology!

Rob Walker and I have worked together on a number of collaborative poems and one of them, titled “Radiology”, has been published in this month’s Medical Journal of Australia. It’s an unlikely venue for poetry, but why not?  While poetry may not have the specific healing efficacy of say, an antibiotic, it reaches places that standard medicine can’t (“From ranches of isolation and the busy griefs”) and opens a perception into experience that is critical to all disciplines.  Read a snippet here: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2016/204/7/radiology