July 2020

Editorial for The Blue Nib, Issue 42. Our reading habits, we are told, have substantially changed during the pandemic – and that includes poetry. We are reading more, and more online. And as people traditionally turn to poetry in times of crises, we may consider the surge in poetic activity as one of the better …

An Astráil editor Denise O’Hagan’s editorial for Issue 42 Read More »

Editorial for The Blue Nib, Issue 41. The last months have been a testing time for Australia and, to a lesser extent, New Zealand. Ravaged by bushfires on an unprecedented scale, stricken by drought, and finally swamped by heavy rains, Australia’s suffering has been the stuff of news bulletins the world over—and this was before …

Denise O’Hagan on the depth of poetry and her selections for Issue 41 Read More »