AustLit

'Kevin Brophy has worked as a carer for the aged and disabled, as a child psychologist, a roof tiler, cleaner, and a concrete labourer. After teaching developmental psychology for ten years at technical colleges, he lectured in creative writing for nearly twenty years at the University of Melbourne, where he is Emeritus Professor. As a writer he has chronicled the urban life of Melbourne, especially the street life of his heartland, Brunswick. He is a past winner of the Calibre Essay Prize, the Michel Wright Prize for poetry, and his fiction has been shortlisted for the Vogel Prize and the FAW Christina Stead award. He has been patron of the Melbourne Poets Union since 2004. In 2021 he was awarded an Order of Australia for services to creative writing. The Lion in Love is his second collection of short fiction.' (Publication summary)

'Mia loves to explore, especially down by the sea when the tide is out. 

'Spectacular photography of the sea creatures in tidal pools will bring young readers in close to a strange and startling world just below the surface . . .

'Not only are these creatures living on the edge, but Mia and Pup are too. They must learn to watch the tides carefully.

'And they must be careful too of what dangers they face.' (Publication summary)

'Omar Musa has, it seems, put aside the voice of protest, anger and challenge so present in his powerful 2017 poetry collection, Millefiori, in favour of a journey to his roots in the culture and history of Borneo.'

'Living After Death by Ouyang Yu, Melbourne Poets Union 2020 was launched virtually by Kevin Brophy on 10 November 2020'

'How does one grow old well? Perhaps only by starting to do it early. But who wants to prepare for old age in their youth? I didn’t, and I suspect no one I knew then was doing that either.' (Publication summary)