The Solace of Poetry

A conversation with Sarah Holland-Batt – poet, critic, editor and advocate for aged care – about her new collection. The Jaguar is a tender and fierce confrontation of mortality and grief, framed by elegies for the poet’s father, and imbued with the lyricism, force and energy that typify the work of this extraordinary poet.

Please note: This session was originally scheduled for 1.15pm, but will now take place at 10.45am.

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Sarah Holland-Batt is an award-winning poet, editor and critic, and a Professor of Creative Writing at QUT. She is the author of three poetry collections: Aria, the recipient of several national literary awards, The Hazards, winner of the 2016 Prime Minister’s Literary Award, and The Jaguar. She is also the author of Fishing for Lightning, a collection of her columns about reading poetry.

Felicity Plunkett is an award-winning poet and critic. Her books are A Kinder Sea, Vanishing Point and the chapbook Seastrands. She was Poetry Editor with University of Queensland Press for a decade and edited Thirty Australian Poets.

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