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Five Islands Press was established in 1986 and is dedicated to the publication of fine Australian poetry. A new chapter in the history of FIP is now under way with a publishing team composed of: Kevin Brophy, Lyn Hatherly, Katia Ariel and Michael McKay plus our graphic designer, Libby Austen.
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Invite: Mal McKimmie's launch of 'The Brokenness Sonnets I-III & Other Poems' will be taking place on De...Read more Lisa Jacobson, whose verse novel, The Sunlit Zone, will be published by Five Islands Press in 2012, has j...
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Featured Authors
Barry Hill
Barry Hill is an acclaimed writer in several genres, having won Premier's Awards for poetry, the essay and non-fiction, most recently Broken Song (2002) which also won the National Biography Award and the Tasmania Pacific Bicentenary History Prize. His short fiction has been widely anthologised, and translated into Japanese and Chinese. This is his sixth collection of poetry. His first collection, Raft (1990) was r...
Ian McBryde
Canadian-born Ian McBryde has been a long term resident of Australia. He is well-published both nationally and overseas, and his poetry has been translated into several languages. His fourth mainstream collection, Domain, about WW2 and Europe under occupation, was published by Five Islands Press, and his third CD of spoken-word is about to be released by The Still Company , which is an ongoing collusion with Melbourne musician Greg Ridd...
Michelle Cahill
Michelle Cahill is a Goan-Anglo-Indian poet. Born in Kenya in 1969 she attended primary school in London before migrating to Australia. She lives in Sydney, where she graduated in Medicine and the Humanities. She has been awarded grants from the Australia Council, the Copyright Agency Limited, a mentorship from the Australian Society of Authors and in 2011 a fellowship at Hawthornden Castle. She was highly commended in the Blake Poetry ...