Martin Chambers: 6 books

Poems previously published in collections and anthologies. On the nature of writing and art, of love and devotion, peace and global warming, and the thinkings of fish. These thirteen poems will leave you with plenty to think about.

In Character Rebellion a stop work meeting quickly gets out of control as characters from other books attempt to take charge. Can the writer really ever be in control? In Remembering Pablo there is something of the love and devotion we all feel at the loss of a friend. In Time Machine, remember what it was to taste things for the first time and to feel the texture of the world brand new.

Six Hundred.Most of these stories are short, six hundred words or so. It is a length that requires word discipline, not long enough for flowery prose or complicated scenarios but long enough to create movement. Just as an artist might paint a portrait with the subject gazing off to the side, or looking...

At any age, in any age, we could all fall by the highway of life. Charlie and Angel are two such teenagers, who break the monotony of their foster home life by breaking into houses. When a burglary goes wrong, they escape in a stolen van along the Great Central Road. What follows, just as they are...

When school leavers arrive at Rottnest Island for end-of-year celebrations they find overzealous police and no beer. But an aspiring business student hits upon a simple and profitable plan. Between parties on the beach, pies at the bakery, and lots of healthy outdoor activities, what could possibly go wrong?

A year after the disappearance of her sister and two other kayakers, botanist Sara Wilton joins investigative journalist Bernard McKenzie on a trip to the remote and beautiful Dirk Hartog Island. The trip is both an opportunity to say goodbye to her sister and a chance to understand what may have...