Wingspan
A Festschrift for Robert Adamson
$29.70
- Paperback
- Release Date
1 October 2026
Summary
This invaluable collection of essays, letters, poems, and reminiscences celebrates the life and poetry of Robert Adamson, undeniably one of Australia’s greatest poets. It contains tributes from David Malouf, Susan Wyndam, Gregory Day, Devin Johnston, Michael Palmer, Adam Zawacki, Anthony Lawrence, Stephen Edgar, Gig Ryan, Richard Tipping, and Kevin Hart among others, all of whom attest to the great affection in which he was held across the generations and across continents. Many poets in this volume celebrate his connection to the Hawkesbury River, his ability to transform it into a place of profound metaphors. The essays, letters and reminiscences reflect not only his standing as a major poet, but also as a publisher, an editor, a scholar, a mentor, and friend to so many poets. This is a landmark volume celebrating Adamson’s outstanding influence and legacy.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923099906 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923099906 |
| Author: | Judith Beveridge |
| Publisher: | Puncher and Wattmann |
| Imprint: | Puncher and Wattmann |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 235mm |
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Judith Beveridge
Robert Adamson (1943-2022) was an Australian poet with a career spanning five decades and countless literary awards, including the Christopher Brennan Prize for lifetime achievement, the Patrick White Award, and the Age Book of the Year Award. He was a key player in the growth of the ‘New Australian Poetry’ and an editor of New Poetry from 1968-1982. With his wife, the photographer Juno Gemes, he published Paper Bark Press, one of Australia’s most important publishers of poetry, from 1986-2003. Over his lifetime, Adamson published twenty-one volumes of his poetry in Australia, the United States, and Great Britain, and his poems have been translated into several languages. He also published a celebrated autobiography, Inside Out, in 2004. In the last year of his life, Adamson assembled Birds and Fish: Life on the Hawkesbury (Upswell, 2024), a collection of his nature writings.
Judith Beveridge is Australia’s leading poet, recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry and author of seven poetry collections.
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