Poetry Sydney is an independent literary organisation committed to a presence for poetry in our culture.

Book of remembrance

Remembering Australian poets from Sydney and New South Wales. These stories are treasured memorials.  We publish them to honour a life as well as to inform community of their lives that made them prominent locally, nationally and worldwide.

Editor Adam Aitken is a Sydney-based poet and teacher. His last book was Archipelago (Vagabond Press).

Email address: AAitken@poetrysydney.org

Willem Tibben

1947 Willem Tibben 2023 Photograph of Willem Tibben. All rights reserved. Over several decades Willem (Bill) Tibben produced four books of poetry: Conscious Moment, Near

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Ron Pretty

Ron Pretty 16 October 1940 – 30 June 2023 Ron Pretty was a much loved, much admired, poet, publisher and teacher, and a tireless advocate

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