“Double-Humped Mount Direction, Tasmania” watercolour by Emily Grant Australia’s best-selling literary novelist, Christopher Koch (1932-2013), was a writer of the old school. If he was… Read More »Landscape Written in His Face by Jamie Grant (MAY 2026)
SLEEP CAPRICORN by Jack Norman was launched on Saturday, December 6th at The Lord Newry Hotel, Fitzroy North. Our original plan was a picnic in… Read More »SLEEP CAPRICORN launch speech (6/12/2025, Fitzroy North, Victoria)
Please join us at 3pm on Saturday December 6th at Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy North, Melbourne (exact location TBC depending on weather) to launch SLEEP CAPRICORN… Read More »SLEEP CAPRICORN launch!
Cover image: “Scratching Up The Sky” by Ryan W Daffurn Dear Friends, It’s been awhile since we sent out a Bonfire newsletter. Much has happened… Read More »Sleep Capricorn by Jack Norman
Today marks the publication of Clarence Caddell’s second collection BROKEN WORDS. Clarence stands firmly outside the mainstream of Australian poetry, both due to his style… Read More »BROKEN WORDS by Clarence Caddell
She’d read a little Donne: Something about a Flea, bout the Sunne Rising… It happened I held Baudelaire In a translation that seemed pretty fair.… Read More »Audio: ‘Ars Poetica’ by Clarence Caddell
“metaphorical richness rarely matched by other contemporary poets”-Judith Beveridge Join us tomorrow (April 26th) for the Sydney launch of Paul Scully’s The Literate Detective &… Read More »FINAL REMINDER: The Literate Detective & Other Crimes Launch event!
Welcome to a brief and happy edition of the newsletter of Bonfire Books, Fanning the Flames. It’s been a somewhat quiet summer at Bonfire HQ.… Read More »Fanning the Flames #19
“metaphorical richness rarely matched by other contemporary poets”-Judith Beveridge Bonfire Books is pleased to announce that the Sydney launch of Paul Scully’s The Literate Detective… Read More »The Literate Detective & Other Crimes Launch event!
We are overjoyed to announce that The Literate Detective & Other Crimes is now available at the special pre-order price of $19.99 (plus shipping within… Read More »The Literate Detective & Other Crimes by Paul Scully available for pre-order