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"... beguiling, sombre and insistent." MICHELLE CAHILL David Adès will be known to many, especially those living in Sydney, as the producer and host of the podcast Poets’ Corner.  His poems and short stories have been published all over the world. We are delighted to announced that his latest book, “A Blink of Time’s Eye,” will be launched at Benledi House, Glebe, on 14 December, by Michael Campbell, Executive Director of WestWords. Your emcee for the event will be 5 Islands Managing...

After so much pain and suffering, we see at last a glimmer of hope—a plan for peace.  Its genesis is marred and murky. It is incomplete. It is shaky. It will not satisfy everyone. It may not last. But it is what we have, and we—all of us—have to make it work. And it will only work if our eyes are opened to the depth and breadth of the suffering of the people of Gaza, and our hearts are opened to our shared humanity. This is the work that this book does. These poems document the nightmare—they...

There is much, much more to our latest release— A Blink of Time’s Eye , from David Adès —than its gorgeous cover.  David Adès will be known to many, especially those living in Sydney, as the producer and host of the podcast Poets’ Corner .  David’s poems and short stories have been published all over the world. Of this collection, selected from work that David’s fastidious craftsmanship has produced over many years, Damen O’Brien has that “these are poems that should be read in moments of...