The Monsters & The Book: Beowulf Phillip Hall 2024-09-11 | Today I share with you Seamus Heaney's magnificent verse-translation of the Anglo-Saxon classic, 'Beowulf'. And I bask in the glory of ancient manuscripts now held in pride-of-place at The British Library in London, & Folio Society deluxe editions. Let's meet the monsters, & all those bookish treasures that illuminate their pride. In this video, I also take part in a fabulous BookTube tag: 'Adventurers Assemble':*This wonderful tag is the creation of John @DisquietandDragons-lh3zm *And I was tagged by: Albert @AlbertTheConjugator &*Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 *Prompt One: nom, nom, nom: Which companion would you choose to accompany you on a quest to keep you well fed & content?*Prompt Two: I Know This One: Which companion would you choose to accompany you to a pub quiz?*Prompt Three: Keep It Safe, Keep It Hidden: Which companion would you choose for their loyalty?*Prompt Four: Got Your Back: Which companion would you choose for a fight?*Prompt Five: Our Best Friend: Which non-human companion would you choose to accompany you on a quest?Books Referred To:*Seamus Heaney, 'Beowulf: A New Translation, (Faber)*Seamus Heaney, 'Beowulf: A New Translation, (The Folio Society) *Introduced by Janina Ramirez *Illustrated by Clive Hicks-Jenkins*J.R.R. Tolkien, 'Beowulf: A Translation & Commentary', (Harper Collins)And I would like to tag the following wonderful & irreplaceable BookTubers to take part in the fun, either with this fabulous tag or with a reflection on a work of narrative poetry:*David @davidnovakreadspoetry *Eleanor @theonlyrealproperty2567 *Keri @BookishAdventuresInWellbeing *Ruben @ToReadersItMayConcern *Ollie @cultureden *Emily @TheLinguistsLibrary *Debs @RaynorReadsStuff *Reney @BeyondBooks-wt5il *Gavin @GenreBooks23 *Meg @booksoffthebeatenpath *Arron @arronjameshook *C. Gregory @CGRatedBooks *Bren @brenboothjones *Hannah @HannahsBooks*Mark @book-ramble*Allen @bighardbooks770
My Beautiful Books Phillip Hall 2024-10-14 | Today I would like to take part in another wonderful BookTube Tag: 'My Most Beautiful Books'. This tag was created by: @HollyDunnDesign And I was tagged by the gloriously generous & bright, Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 PROMPTS & BOOKS REFERRED TO:1/ A BOOK YOU BOUGHT BECAUSE OF THE COVER DESIGN & WONDER-Adrian Franklin, 'The Making of MONA', (Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books)-David Walsh, 'A Bone of Fact', (Picador)2/ FAVOURITE DESIGN SERIES-Robert Fagels (translator) 'Homer: The IIiad & The Odyssey', (Penguin Classics: Deluxe Edition)-Emily Wilson (translator) 'Homer: The Iliad & The Odyssey', (Norton)3/ BEAUTIFUL DUST JACKETS-Francesca Stavrakopoulou, 'God: An Anatomy', (Picador)-Gail Crowther, 'Three Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton', (Gallery Books)-Jackie Wullschlager, 'Chagall: Love & Exile', (Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books)-Joshua Rivkin, 'Chalk: The Art & Erasure of Cy Twombly', (Melville House)4/ NAKED HARDBACK: GORGEOUS WITH OR WITHOUT THE DUST JACKET-Catherine Grenier, 'Alberto Giacometti: A Biography', (Flammarion)5/ BEAUTIFUL PAPERBACKS-Moya Pacey, 'Doggerland', (Recent Work Press)-Lucy Alexander, 'Strokes of Light', (Recent Work Press)-Stephanie Green, 'Breathing in Stormy Seasons', (Recent Work Press)-Shane Strange, 'All Suspicions Have Been Confirmed', (Recent Work Press)*EVERYTHING DESIGNED BY SHANE STRANGE AT RECENT WORK PRESS (I AM SO LUCKY TO CALL RECENT WORK PRESS HOME FOR MY CURRENT COLLECTION)6/ A NON-FICTION BOOK WITH A BEAUTIFUL COVER-Carrie Jenkins & Carla Nappi, 'UnInvited: Talking Back to Plato', (McGill-Queens University Press)-Katherine Rundell, 'Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old & Wise', (Bloomsbury)7/ A BOOK WITH GREAT END PARERS & SPINE-Primo Levi, 'The Complete Works', (Liveright Publishing, a Division of Norton)-William Shakespeare, 'The Collected Plays', (The Folio Society)I WOULD LIKE TO TAG THE FOLLOWING ENCOURAGING & AFFIRMATIVE BOOKTUBE CHANNELS TO TAKE PART IN THE FUN:Meg @booksoffthebeatenpath Mark @book-ramble Charles Gregory @CGRatedBooks Stuart @stuartgriffin1001 Seanin @SeaninsShelf David @davidnovakreadspoetryAlbert @AlbertTheConjugatorEleanor @theonlyrealproperty2567Maeve @Maeve_Ever_Books
a picture, a thousand words, & all that jazz... Phillip Hall 2024-09-25 | Today I would like to take part in an original read-a-thon (that I am calling): a picture, a thousand words, & all that jazz...This is a wonderful concept dreamt up by the incredible & generous Nigel: @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk Books referred to:*Ted Hughes, 'The Iron Man', (illustrated by Chris Mould, Faber)*Clement C. Moore, 'The Night Before Christmas', (illustrated by Ella Beech, The Folio Society)*Maureen Walsh, 'May Gibbs: Mother of the Gumnuts: Her Life & Work', (Angus & Roberson)*May Gibbs, 'Gumnut Classics: The Famous Gumnut Adventures, (Angus & Robertson)*Walter McVitty, 'Dorothy Wall: The Creator of Blinky Bill: Her Life & Work', (Angus & Robertson)*Dorothy Wall, 'Blinky Bill: Selected Stories & Friends, (Angus & Robertson) Wonderful BookTube Channels Referred to (for inspiring me to pursue the beauty of graphic novels):C. Gregory @CGRatedBooks Lindy @lindysmagpiereads#booktube #kidsbooks #poetry
We Have Liftoff: A Symphony Together Phillip Hall 2024-09-20 | Today I would like to take part (again) in that wonderful read-a-thon: 'Framed in September'. I would like to share with you three poems that respond to the sublime music of Henryk Gorecki, Antonin Dvorak & Gustave Holst; & to the irreplaceable sculptures of Norma Redpath, Inge King & Margel Hinder. The glorious hosts of #framedinseptember are:@anotherbibliophilereads @lindysmagpiereads @HannahsBooks @heathergregg9975 @bouquinsbooks Books referred to:*David Hurlston & Jane Eckett, 'Inge King: Constellation', (National Gallery of Victoria)*Sasha Grishin, 'The Art of Inge King: Sculptor', (MacMillan Art Publishing)*Ian Cornford, 'The Sculpture of Margel Hinder', (Phillip Matthews Book Publishers)*Phillip Hall, 'Cactus', (Recent Work Press)I am in love with BookTube, & read-a-thons like this are an absolute blast, I am forever thankful & relieved.#authortube #booktube #framedinseptember
I Am the Vine! (Bacchus in the Antipodes) Phillip Hall 2024-09-17 | Today I share with you a sequence of ekphrastic poems from my current collection, 'Cactus' (Recent Work Press). This sequence responds to the potent presence of Vitalism in early/mid-twentieth century Sydney fine arts & poetry. If the sources are Henri Bergson & Friedrich Nietzsche then the (distinctly) odd conduit is Norman Lindsay. The vision is often a copy of Classical Revivalist , Art Deco, Symbolist & Art Nouveau tendencies. It impacted all the arts, but was especially important to painting, sculpture, photography & poetry. It is, in part, a reaction against Great War horrors, and is celebratory of life-affirming/energised bodies, impulse & sensation, but is also a great hater (& is typically anti-wowser, anti-Semitic, anti-feminist, anti-religion, anti-modernist, anti-nationalist...). It advocated strongly for concrete imagery & was opposed to obscurity & abstraction. I Am the Vine! (Bacchus in the Antipodes)*Prologue: When Jews-for-Jesus Call on the Oracle of Springwood* I: Springwood Olympus: Norman Lindsay (1879-1969)*II: Homer's Sorceress: Bertram MacKennal (1863-1931)* III: Goulburn Odysseus: Sydney Long (1871-1955)*IV: A Satyr's Thumbs-Down to a Laughless God: Frank Lynch (1895-1967)*V: Sunbaker: Max Dupain (1911-1992)*VI: The Boy Ares: Jack Lindsay (1900-1990)*Epilogue: Aphrodite's Renaissance: Judith Wright (1915-2000)Books referred to:*Judith Wright, Collected Poems (Harper Collins)*Judith Wright, Half A Lifetime (Text Publishing)*Veronica Brady, South of My Days: A Biography of Judith Wright (Angus & Roberson)*Georgina Arnott, The Unknown Judith Wright (UWAP)#authortube #booktube #framedinseptember The wonderful & insightful hosts of #framedinseptember are:@anotherbibliophilereads @lindysmagpiereads @HannahsBooks @heathergregg9975 @bouquinsbooks
Beauty: Ancient Greek Tragedy, Fantasy & my Billy-Blue. Phillip Hall 2024-09-06 | Today I would like to take part in another wonderful BookTube tag, 'Beauty in Books'. This marvellous tag is the creation of:*Emily @TheLinguistsLibrary &*Ruben @ToReadersItMayConcern *And I was tagged by Emily @TheLinguistsLibrary PROMPT ONE: Beauty in Concept*Ursula K. Le Guin, 'The Books of Earthsea', (Gollancz)*Ruth Fainlight & Robert J. Littman (translators), 'Sophocles: The Theban Plays', (The John Hopkins University Press)*Anne Carson (translator), 'An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides', (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)PROMPT TWO: Beauty in Opening Line*J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Hobbit', (The Folio Society)*'Agamemnon' by Aiskhylos, translated by Anne Carson, (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)*'Bakkhai' by Euripides, translated by Anne Carson, (A New Directions Book)PROMPT THREE: Beauty in Character*Susan Cooper, 'The Dark is Rising Sequence', (Margaret K. McElderry Books)*And I meditate on the presentation of Klytaimestra by Anne Carson (translator) in 'An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides', (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)PROMPT FOUR: Beauty Amidst Pain*Kazuo Ishiguro, 'The Buried Giant', (The Folio Society)* And I meditate on the juxtaposition of fortune & despair (fear & pity) in Greek Tragedy as presented by Anne Carson (translator) in 'An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides', (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)PROMPT FIVE: Beauty in Incompleteness*J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Silmarillion', (The Folio Society)*J.R.R. Tolkien, 'Beowulf: A Translation & Commentary', (Harper Collins)*Emily Hauser, 'How Women Became Poets: A Gender History of Greek Literature', (Princeton University Press)PROMPT SIX: Beauty in Place*Mervyn Peake, 'The Gormenghast Trilogy', (The Folio Society)*Anne Carson, 'Norma Jeane Baker of Troy', (A New Directions Paperback)PROMPT SEVEN: Beauty in Time*'Bakkhai' by Euripides, translated by Anne Carson, (A New Directions Book)PROMPT EIGHT: Beauty in Catharsis*'The Poetics' by Aristotle, translated by Stephen Halliwell, (Loeb Classical Library)I would like to tag the following glorious channels to take part in this:Reney @BeyondBooks-wt5il Gavin @GenreBooks23 Pat @BookChatWithPat8668Eleanor @theonlyrealproperty2567 Mark @book-rambleDebs @RaynorReadsStuff
Hounded: Redemption in Heartache Phillip Hall 2024-09-03 | Welcome to my small corner of BookTube. I really hope you enjoy your visit, & stick around with me for the ride. Today I would like to share the first two chapters from my forthcoming autobiography-in-verse, to be called 'Hounded'. This work deals with my bereavements, depression & dreadful loss, but it also celebrates the love that can only be found in a wagging tail. Today, I live in a tiny home with the love of my life, an ex-racer, rescue greyhound named Billy-Blue. And he has redeemed me. I am saved by a hound, by a speedster's long-haul dog-love, so now I want to get well, & save the day for him.#authortube #booktube #poetry
Phenomenal Women: Margaret Scott (poet), Gwen Harwood (poet) & Olga Masters (novelist) Phillip Hall 2024-08-29 | Today I would like to take part in 'The Phenomenal Woman Book Tag'.This wonderful tag is the creation of Marilyn Maya Mendoza@MarilynMayaMendoza (a glorious celebration of her fourth year on BookTube), & I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668.PROMPT ONE: Favourite Women Authors: *MARGARET SCOTT (poet & memoirist)Books Referred to:Margaret Scott, 'Changing Countries: On Moving From One Island To Another', (ABC Books)* GWEN HARWOOD (poet)Books Referred To:Ann-Marie Priest, 'My Tongue Is My Own: A Life of Gwen Harwood', (La Trobe University Press)Gwen Harwood, 'Collected Poems: 1943-1995', (University of Queensland Press)PROMPT TWO: Favourite Women Characters:*MRS. DALLOWAY*ORLANDO(When introducing my favourite female literary characters, I refer to a wonderful novel (in addition to the gems by Virginia Woolf) that features Mrs. Dalloway (& also Virginia Woolf actually). This is Michael Cunningham's, 'The Hours'.PROMPT THREE: If you were the judge for a book prize, which female author would you award your prize?*OLGA MASTERS (novelist, short story writer & journalist)OLGA MASTERS' BOOKS THAT ARE REFERRED TO:*Julie Lewis, 'Olga Masters: A Lot of Living', (University of Queensland Press)*Deirdre Colemana, 'Olga Masters Reporting Home: Her Writings as a Journalist', (University of Queensland Press)*Olga Masters, 'The Home Girls', (Text Classics)*Olga Masters, 'Amy's Children', (Text Classics)*Olga Masters, 'Loving Daughters', (University of Queensland Press)*Olga Masters, 'A Long Time Dying', (University of Queensland Press)*Olga Masters, 'The Rose Fancier', (University of Queensland Press)PROMPT FOUR: Tag some phenomenal women BookTubers:Emily @TheLinguistsLibrary Eleanor @theonlyrealproperty2567 Hannah @HannahsBooks Meg @booksoffthebeatenpath Keri @BookishAdventuresInWellbeing
A Twobulla Booktuber Tag: the inspirational & sublime, William Stafford (& friends) Phillip Hall 2024-08-27 | Today, I would like to take part in two BookTuber tags:1/ 'The Bookish Q&A' created by @Libib & I was tagged by the brilliant, C. Gregory @CGRatedBooks2/ 'Let Me Introduce You' created by Melinda @awebofstories & I was tagged by the wonderful, Arron @arronjameshookBOOKS DISCUSSED IN 'THE BOOKISH Q&A':*J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Silmarillion', 'The Hobbit' & 'The Lord of the Rings' (all by The Folio Society)*Susan Cooper, 'The Dark is Rising Sequence' (Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster)*Madeline Miller, 'The Song of Achilles', (edition one by Bloomsbury Publishing, edition two by The Folio Society)*Arundhati Roy, 'The God of Small Things' & 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness' (both by Random House)*Kazuo Ishiguro, 'The Buried Giant', (The Folio Society, & illustrated by Jana Heidersdorf)BOOKS DISCUSSED IN 'LET ME INTRODUCE YOU':*William Stafford, 'The Way It Is: New & Selected Poems', (Graywolf Press)*Fred Marchant (ed.), 'Another World Instead: The Early Poems of William Stafford, (Graywolf Press)*Tom Andrews (ed.), 'On William Stafford: The Work of Local Things', (The University of Michigan Press)*Kim Stafford, 'Early Morning: Remembering My Father', (Graywolf Press)In this episode I refer to two men who were inspirational life-long pacifists like William Stafford. These men are: the English philosopher, Bertrand Russell; & the New Zealand poet, James K. Baxter.The following generous, inclusive & inspirational BookTube channels are tagged to participate in one or both of these tags:*debs @RaynorReadsStuff *Gavin @GenreBooks23 *Emily @TheLinguistsLibrary *Keri @BookishAdventuresInWellbeing *Meg @booksoffthebeatenpath *Ruben @ToReadersItMayConcern *David @davidnovakreadspoetry *Reney @BeyondBooks-wt5il *Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 In Australian Aboriginal English, as spoken in the Gulf of Carpentaria (where I was so blessed to live & work for some years), the system of counting progresses as follows:onebulla, twobulla, threebulla, fourbulla, mob, pack, biggest pack.In this video I refer to the biography of C.S. Lewis by a 'Wilson', this is of course, A.N. Wilson's majestic, 'C.S. Lewis: A Biography'. Wilson also wrote a terrific biography of Iris Murdoch, that mid-twentieth century novelist & moral philosopher, who was one of the earliest interpreters of Jean-Paul Sartre into English. I'm a big fan of Wilson's work. And I also refer to a philosopher named Elizabeth Anscombe, who once engaged with Lewis at a meeting of Oxford University's Socratic Club. Anscombe, along with Mary Midgley, Iris Murdoch & Philippa Foot, were groundbreaking mid-twentieth century Analytic Philosophers. Recently, two terrific books have appeared on this group of friends: Benjamin Lipscomb's 'The Women Are Up To Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley & Iris Murdoch Revolutionised Ethics', & Clare Mac Cumhaill & Rachael Wiseman's 'Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back To Life'. I love BookTube, what a glorious & welcoming community, I feel so joyful!
Write Your Heartache Phillip Hall 2024-08-20 | Today I look at the confessional poetic. After providing some historical, literary & philosophical context, I share some of my own poetry that is informed by this engaging, dramatic & revealing voice. *BOOKS REFERRED TO:*Robert Lowell, 'Collected Poems', (Faber)*Denise Levertov, 'New Selected Poems', (Bloodaxe Books)*W.D. Snodgrass, 'Not For Specialists: New & Selected Poems', (Waywiser)*Sylvia Plath, 'Collected Poems', (Faber)*Sylvia Plath, 'The Bell Jar', (The Folio Society)*Anne Sexton, 'Selected Poems', (Mariner Books)*John Berryman, 'Collected Poems: 1937-1971', (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)*Phillip Hall, 'Cactus', (Recent Work Press, 2021)*POEMS FROM 'CACTUS' THAT ARE SHARED:*'Bacchus in Ruins'*'Hymns of Thanksgiving at the Existentialist Café'*'Unforgivable'*'Sulky'*'Gongoozler's Lament'*'One-legged Dog'*'Dark Matter'*'A Valetudinarian's 'Crisis' in a Time of COVID 19'*'Song of Songs'#authortube #booktube #poetry
The Honest Booktuber Tag Phillip Hall 2024-08-18 | Today, I would like to take part in another BookTuber Tag, 'The Honest BookTuber'. I was tagged by the generous & welcoming, Meg @booksoffthebeatenpath And the tag was created by Harriet @HarrietRosie13 BookTube creators that I have found especially inspirational, generous & welcoming:Debs @RaynorReadsStuff Gavin @GenreBooks23 Aaron @aaronfacer Emily @TheLinguistsLibrary Keri @BookishAdventuresInWellbeing Meg @booksoffthebeatenpath Ruben @ToReadersItMayConcern Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 David @davidnovakreadspoetry Gretchen @madeubook Reney @BeyondBooks-wt5il Hannah @HannahsBooksC.Gregory @CGRatedBooks#authortube #booktube
Bring Browsing Back! Phillip Hall 2024-08-14 | The Bring Browsing Back Book Tag:I was tagged by the generous & welcoming Gavin, at (@GenreBooks23) And the tag was created by Karen at (@RovingReader)1/ The Magic of Discovery*J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Hobbit' & 'The Lord of the Rings'*Humphrey Carpenter, 'The Inklings' & 'J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography'*T.A. Shippey, 'The Road To Middle Earth'2/ Expanding Worlds*Eugene Kamenka, 'The Portable Karl Marx', (Penguin)*Gareth Jones, 'Karl Marx: Greatness & Illusion', (Penguin)*Jonathon Sperber, 'Karl Marx: A Nineteenth Century Life', (Liveright Publishing)*Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels, 'The Communist Manifesto', (Penguin)*Andrew Collier, 'Marx', (A One World Book)*Gregory Claeys, 'Marx & Marxism', (A Pelican Book)*Stuart Jeffries, 'Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School', (Verso)* Rachel Holmes, 'Eleanor Marx: A Life', (Bloomsbury)*Mary Gabriel, 'Love & Capital: Karl & Jenny Marx & The Birth of a Revolution', (Back Bay Books)*Suzanne Fagence Cooper, 'How We Might Live: At Home With Jane & William Morris', (Quercus)3/ Open to Change*Ursula K. Le Guin, 'The Books of EarthSea, (Gollancz)4/ Browse a Library, Bookshop or Friend's Bookshelves*Martin Buber, 'I And Thou', (Bloomsbury)*Martin Buber, 'Between Man & Man', (Routledge)*Paul Mendes-Flohr, 'Martin Buber: A Life of Faith & Dissent', (Yale University Press)*Maurice Friedman, 'My Friendship With Martin Buber', (Syracuse University Press)*Owen Sheers, 'Skirrid Hill', (Seren)*Sylvia Plath, 'Collected Poems', (Faber)*Louis MacNeice: 'Collected Poems', (Wake Forest University Press)*George Mackay Brown, 'The Collected Poems of George Mackay Brown', (John Murray)*Lynette Roberts, 'Collected Poems', (Carcanet)In this video I refer to some BookTube channels that I have found especially welcoming & encouraging:Emily Clarice Pessoa, @TheLinguistsLibrary Ruben, @ToReadersItMayConcern Pat, @BookChatWithPat8668 Gavin, @GenreBooks#authortube #booktube
five poets to luxuriate in (slowly) Phillip Hall 2024-08-12 | Welcome to what are (currently) my favourite five poets: Jo Shapcott, Angela Leighton, Ros Barber, Dannie Abse, & Katherine Towers. The bliss, the wonder, & ecstasy of reading slowly.Books to be discussed:Jo Shapcott, 'Her Book: Poems 1988-1998', (Faber, 2000)Jo Shapcott, 'Of Mutability', (Faber, 2010)Angela Leighton, 'Something, I Forget', (Carcanet Poetry, 2023)Ros Barber, 'How Things Are On Thursday', (Anvil Press Poetry, 2004)Ros Barber, 'Material', (Anvil Press Poetry, 2008)Dannie Abse, 'New & Selected: Anniversary Collection', (Hutchinson, 2009)Katherine Towers, 'The Floating Man', (Picador Poetry, 2010)Honourable mention:Phillip Hall, 'Bacchus in Ruins', (Published in 'Cactus', Recent Work Press, 2021)Other books mentioned:Jo Shapcott, 'Tender Taxes', (Faber, 2001)Angela Leighton, 'On Form: Poetry, Aestheticism, & the Legacy of a Word', (Oxford, 2007)Angela Leighton, 'Spills', (Carcanet Poetry, 2016)Angela Leighton, 'One, Two', (Carcanet Poetry, 2023)Dannie Abse, 'The Presence', (Vintage Books, 2008)#authortube #booktube #poetry
First Australian Royalty Phillip Hall 2024-08-06 | Today I share with you a selection of seven poems from my book, 'Fume'. This is a collection that interrogates the legacies of colonialism, but also celebrates the resiliency & splendour of First Australians from the Gulf of Carpentaria, in Australia's far tropical north. The poems to be shared from my collection, 'Fume' (University of Western Australia Publishing):*'Walk up Tank Hill': (for my lil-dad, Dwight Raggett, Gudanji man)*'Brolga Clan': (for the Garrwa, Gudanji, Mara & Yanyuwa)*'Inheritance': (for the Gudanji mob of Bauhinia Downs, Cow Lagoon & Devil's Spring)*'Dawn Song': (for gangu, William Miller)*'Waterlily Light Well': (for Jayipa, or Catfish Hole)*'Turtle Camp': (for my Yanyuwa friends, & Two-Way Learning)*'Royalty': (for Jayipa, or Catfish Hole)#authortube #booktube #poetry
Let Magic Come: The King of Elflands Daughter Phillip Hall 2024-07-30 | We have gained so much from rationalism & materialism, but are they enough (on their own) to explain the universe & our place in it? What complimentary sources of knowledge are also indispensable: the arts, theology, imagination, magic? We need more multidisciplinary collaboration, care & respect. Books to be discussed:Lord Dunsany, 'The King of Elfland's Daughter', (The Folio Society)Mary Midgley, 'Science & Poetry', (Routledge)Peter Porter & Arthur Boyd, 'The Lady & the Unicorn', (Bundanon Trust)Peter Porter, 'The Rest on the Flight: Selected Poems', (Allen & Unwin)(#authortube; #booktube; #poetry)
That Dirty Little Nature Poetry Phillip Hall 2024-07-17 | In this video we return to the poetics of place, in particular to what is often referred to as 'Nature Poetry', a surprising & transcendent poetry of wholeness, vulnerability & love. Poems to be discussed:*Phillip Hall, 'Bridal Falls' in 'Sweetened in Coals', (Ginninderra Press)*Bruce Dawe, 'Homo Suburbiensis' in 'Sometimes Gladness', (Longman Cheshire)*Sarah Day, 'Hens' in 'New & Selected Poems', (Arc Publications)*Moya Pacey, 'Nesting' & 'Quarrel' in 'Black Tulips', (Recent Work Press)*Phillip Hall, 'Borroloola Blue' in 'Fume', (UWAP)Featured Bookcover:Moya Pacey, 'Doggerland', (Recent Work Press)(#authortube; #booktube; #poetry)
Counting Down the Days: Books Im Excited About! Phillip Hall 2024-07-11 | I am really excited to be taking part in this BookTube tag which is the brainchild of @ToReadersItMayConcern & @ProseAndPetticoats. I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668 & I am overwhelmed by everyone's welcome & encouragement. This bookTube is a wonderful lark!Books to be discussed:*Lord Dunsany, 'The King of Elfland's Daughter', (Folio Society)*Arundhati Roy, 'The God of Small Things' (Random House)*Arundhati Roy, 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness' (Vintage Books)*Arundhati Roy, 'My Seditious Heart', (Hamish Hamilton)*Howard Carter, 'The Tomb of Tutunkhamun', (Folio Society)*Jonathan Stroud, 'Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase' (Disney, Hyperion)*Jonathan Stroud, 'Lockwood & Co: The Whispering Skull', (Disney, Hyperion)*Jonathan Stroud, 'Lockwood & Co: The Hollow Boy', (Disney, Hyperion)*Jonathan Stroud, 'Lockwood & Co: The Creeping Shadow', (Disney, Hyperion)*Jonathan Stroud, 'Lockwood & Co: The Empty Grave', (Disney, Hyperion)*Katherine Rundell, 'Super-Infinite: the Transformations of John Donne (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)*Susanna Clarke, 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, (Folio Society)*Mary Gabriel, 'Ninth Street Women, (Back Bay Books)*Gail Levin, 'Lee Krasner: A Biography', (William Morrow)*Ruth Appelhof, 'Lee & Me: an Intimate Portrait of Lee Krasner', (Officina Libraria)*Eleanor Nairn (ed.) 'Lee Krasner: Living Colour', (Thames & Hudson)*Emily Wilson (translater), 'The Iliad by Homer', (WW Norton)*Emily Wilson (translater), 'The Odyssey by Homer', (WW Norton)*John Bew, 'Clement Attlee: the Man Who Made Modern Britain', (Oxford University Press)(#booktube; #authortube; #CountingTheDays)
Let there be dragons (& poetry)! Phillip Hall 2024-07-08 | Welcome to 'a poet reads to write'. I am an Australian poet, critic & essayist who lives in a tiny home in the Southern Highlands of NSW with the light of his life, an ex-racer, rescue greyhound named Billy-Blue. We love to share & be inspired.Books discussed:Phillip Hall, 'Sweetened in Coals', (Ginninderra Press, 2014)Phillip Hall, 'Borroloola Class', (International Poetry Studies Institute, 2017)Phillip Hall, 'Fume', (University of Western Australia Publishing, 2018)Phillip Hall, 'Cactus', (Recent Work Press, 2021)#booktube #authortube #poetry
Know Your Place! Phillip Hall 2024-07-04 | Join Dr. Phil in a journey through some contemporary Australian poetry of place. How do we best write place? Why is a poetics of place important? What values & priorities should be foregrounded? In writing place how should the poet make use of the ecological sciences? And how should the imperatives of ecopoetics & postcolonialism inform everything that the poet does? Sign on, & know your place! (#poetry; #booktube; #authortube)Books to be discussed:Judith Beveridge, 'Sun Music: New & Selected (Giramondo Poets)Vivian Smith, 'Along the Line', (Salt Publishing, Cambridge)R.F. Brissenden, 'Suddenly Evening: The Selected Poems', (McPhee Gribble)Robert Adamson, 'Reading the River: Selected Poems', (Bloodaxe Books)Robert Adamson, 'The Goldfinches of Bagdad', (Flood Editions)Phillip Hall, 'Sweetened in Coals', (Ginninderra Press)
Write Like A.R. Ammons Phillip Hall 2024-06-27 | Join Dr. Phil in a journey through the poetry of A.R.Ammons, learning what Ammons can teach us about form and feeling, and how a poem can inhabit space and shine on the page - an ambush of radiant joy. (#authortube; #booktube; #poetry).Books to be discussed:A.R. Ammons, 'Collected Poems', (W.W. Norton & Company)Zofia Burr (ed.), 'A.R.Ammons: Set in Motion: Essays, Interviews & Dialogues', (The University of Michigan Press)David Burke & Roger Gilbert (ed.s), 'Considering the Radiance: Essays on the Poetry of A.R. Ammons', (W.W. Norton & Company)Phillip Hall, 'Sweetened in Coals', (Ginninderra Press)
Write Like Sylvia Plath Phillip Hall 2024-06-22 | Phillip is an Australian poet, critic & essayist. Come with him on a journey as we travel through Sylvia Plath's 'Wuthering Heights' to become inspired for our own writing: technical tips with writing poetry, how to choose a really great title, creative writing master class. (#authortube; #booktube; #poetry)Poems to be discussed:'Wuthering Heights', 'Hardcastle Crags', & 'The Great Carbuncle', in Sylvia Plath, 'Collected Poems', (Faber & Faber)
