Mark Roberts

The personal account for Mark Roberts, writer, critic and publisher.

[Mark Roberts @PrintedShadow]

I am delighted to announce that I have 3 new poems appearing in Issue 23 of the Aoetearoa (New Zealand) based journal Catalyst. If you are close to Sydney you can hear me read these poems, and perhaps one or two more, at the Australian launch on Saturday:
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It came as a nice surprise to find myself on the shortlist for the 2026 Booranga Writing Award for poetry along with a number of other amazing poets. #poetry

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@GenFlynn @BarackObama Obviously not as the Norwegian government plays no role in the Nobel prize process.

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@belinduhpyne @AngusTaylorMP Poor An(g)us is so out of his depth....

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@atrupar I live and vote in Australia. We have postal voting.

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From the archives: ‘A Plethora of Women’. Mark Roberts reviews – 'City of Women' by David Ireland, Allen Lane 1981. Originally published in Island Magazine, Issue 8 November 1981. #ozlit #bookreview

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Obedience, coercion and the ability to push back: Mark Roberts reviews 'A Simple Intervention' by Yael Inokai, translated by Marielle Sutherland, Peire Press, London 2024.

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@PeirenePress #novelintranslation #bookreview

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@TruthFairy131 Good.

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Each Night I Count My Children: Poems From Gaza, edited by Denise Howell, 5 Islands Press 2025. This review was first published in Rochford Street Review, Issue 42, on 3 December 2025. #FreeGaza #poetry

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@RepJackKimble @MikeCarlton01 I thought you were talking about Trump. Silly me

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@aldamu_jo @vichygirl Opposing a right wing fascist Israeli government is not anti-semistism

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@belinduhpyne @KobieThatcher Looks like a normal day with a bunch of Australians enjoying themselves

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@KobieThatcher Not sure what you're worried about. Seems like people enjoying being out and about. Looks like a fun day

[Mark Roberts @PrintedShadow]

The poetry community is calling for a Royal Commission into the absolute failure over decades for a funding structure that supports poetry in Australia. Re-establish the Poets Union now!

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2025 – Going out with a bang: ‘Best Australian Poems 2025’ & ‘The Stony Thursday Book 50th Anniversary Edition’

I'm excited to find my work featured in two anthologies, Best of Australian Poems 2025 and The Stony Thursday Book 50th Anniversary Edition.

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New from Mark Roberts' Substack feed 'Printed Shadows'.

From the archives: Children of the Cave by Virve Sammalkorpi, translated by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah. Peirene Press 2019. First published in Rochford street Review.Issue 27 November 2019.

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[Mark Roberts @PrintedShadow]

From the archives: Children of the Cave by Virve Sammalkorpi, translated by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah. Peirene Press 2019. First published in Rochford street Review.Issue 27 November 2019.

https://t.co/YD6ObLYznL

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From my Substack feed. Archive post from 1982 - Review of 'Bliss', By Peter Carey, University of Queensland Press, 1981.

First published in Going Down Swinging Issue 5 Spring 1982.

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The Doing is the Discovery and the Discovery is the Making: Mark Roberts interviews Sheila Murphy - From the archives 2015.

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