Avid launch of Portraits of Drowning by Madeleine Dale

Join us for a salon celebrating the launch of Madeleine Dale's Portraits of Drowning. We will also have Shastra Deo and Jarad Bruinstroop reading their own work. The book will be launched by Bronwyn Lea.

ABOUT THE BOOK

I was thinking of wild things and what we make of them.

Portraits of Drowning is lyric poetry at its best. In these rich and varied poems, Madeleine Dale reveals water as the lifeblood of our ecosystems but also our imaginations, energising romance and tragedy, and troubling history and myth. Sustaining eye and ear, heart and mind, this is a debut of exceptional quality and skill.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Madeleine Dale grew up on Tamborine Mountain and now lives in Brisbane. She holds First-class Honours and a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Queensland, where she is currently completing a PhD. Her first chapbook, On Fire with Dangerous Cargo, was published by Queensland Poetry in 2023. Portraits of Drowning is her first full-length collection.

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