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Bill is one of the founders of Boffins and has been involved in selecting the books we stock since our beginning in 1989. His favourite reading is history, with psychology, current affairs, and business books coming close behind. His hobbies are reading, food, reading, drinking, reading, and sleeping.
*As reviewed on Radio 6PR 882 5th May 2017*
134 poets are represented, from the 19th century through to today and there are many regional poems, fitting for such a big state.
These poems have so much meaning for us, they’ve helped define the ways that we Sandgropers see ourselves. It even includes a poem by the aforesaid Henry Prinsep (Book:Carlotta's Perth), titled Josephine, and is of course about his wife.
Alfred Chandler, a.k.a “Spinifex” is there with his Goldfields poems “Lights Along the Mile” and “Coolgardie 1893”, alongside “Dryblower” (Edwin Murphy) and “Crosscut (Thomas Wilson)
Dorothy Hewett, Fay Zwicky, Katherine Susannah Prichard are all included. It’s a perfect gift for anyone who loves poetry and in particular, a Western Australian collection.
