Time of Fire - Softcover

Laing, Harry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 098043503X ISBN 13: 9780980435030

Publisher: Bunda Press, 2023

Synopsis

Put bushfire and a poet together and you get an electrifying, rare, poetic insight into the drama of fire and its aftermath.

Time of Fire, Harry Laing's fourth poetry collection, zeroes in on his experience in the 2019/20 bushfires - both as a landholder living on the edge of Monga National Park on the NSW Southern Tablelands and as a volunteer with the NSW Rural Fire Service.

It's as if the fire itself was dictating these poems. Fire as the elemental force driving the narrative- from lightning strikes in a time of extreme drought and heat to the sheer ferocity of the fire's rampage, followed by ashen silence.

Laing's grief at what's been lost is lightened by his witnessing of the regenerative power of the forest, his hearing the first treecreeper days after the fire, sighting the first emerald shoots of tree ferns. And throughout he salutes the powerful depth of connection within the Braidwood community and people's care for each other in that most threatening of times: the time of fire.

About this title

About the Author

Harry Laing is a poet, comic performer and children's author. 'Time of Fire', his most recent collection (Bunda Press, 2023) is an electrifying, rare, poetic insight into the catastrophic bushfires in SE Australia in 2019/2020. His previous collections of poetry are 'Thirst' (1993), 'Backbone' (2010) and 'unsettled' (2021). Harry is a dynamic and exciting performer and has given many public readings and performances of his poetry. Harry is in demand as a guest author in schools and frequently performs his poetry for audiences of hundreds of school children. His books for children are: 'Shoctopus' (2015), 'MoonFish' (2019) and 'RapperBee' (2021). He lives on 115 acres in the Southern Tablelands of NSW, Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bunda Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 098043503X
• ISBN 13: 9780980435030
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108