LK Holt, Birth Plan (Hardback - limited edition of 50 copies) Highly Commended in the Victorian

Highly Commended in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards (2019)

from the psychiatrist’s office to the hairdresser’s

“The poems in Elizabeth Allen’s Body Language explore notions of identity and selfhood inflected by the knowledge and reality of death

The featured poets are part of diverse literary communities that have emerged within and in response to Myanmar’s decades-long experience of dictatorship and civil war

especially issues of Asian-Australian identity and cultural hybridity

LK Holt, Birth Plan (Hardback - limited edition of 50 copies) Highly Commended in the VictorianShortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Award for Poetry 2020 Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry 2020 Birth Plan is LK Holts fourth full length collection is a generous, sharp edged, technically masterful and expansive collection from one of Australias foremost female poets. These poems are transformative, fiercely feminist, unrelenting in their clarity, and display a rare mastery of the musicality of language. Exploring