Susan Austin Poetry

My new book Incandescence was launched yesterday at Fullers Bookshop in nipaluna / Hobart on the (supposedly) last day of Winter 2025. It...

I’ve been preoccupied recently by other life roles and yet poetry always burns quietly in the background. I’m now thrilled to share a few up...

As the year draws to a close, I was excited to learn that 'Dancing with Empty Prams' has been longlisted in the Tasmanian Literary A...

I'm thrilled to announce that Walleah Press will be publishing my third book, Incandescence , later this year or early next. It's a ...

As my verse novel Dancing with Empty Prams makes its way out into the world, I have been touched by the feedback I have been receiving. One ...

It’s about time for an update I think! It just takes a little dose of Covid to clear my diary and give me the time needed for things like th...

 Here is Esther's lovely launch speech for Dancing with Empty Prams, recorded in Hobart in July 2023.