Impact of the 1914 – 1918 Poets

Margi Blunden, daughter of Edmund Blunden, talks about her father and his work. 

World War One was a conflict of empire, not of nation. In this lecture Dr Simon Featherstone looks at four distinctive poets who provide a version of empire that is much more nuanced than the imperial rhetoric of the established canon. Dr Simon Featherstone is Principal Lecturer ...  Show more

An introduction to the poet, his life and how his experiences influenced his work. 

Poetry reading 

Poetry reading 

Australia's storyteller in song on the poems he's loved since childhood, and how reading and learning great poetry has changed his songwriting (R)