LK Holt, Birth Plan (Hardback - limited edition of 50 copies) from the psychiatrist’s office to

from the psychiatrist’s office to the hairdresser’s

including other recent work (in progress) on odes and eclogues (longer pieces largely) - but this is a collection of shorter poems

Ayako Takahashi is a scholar and translator teaching at University of Hyogo in Japan

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

especially issues of Asian-Australian identity and cultural hybridity

LK Holt, Birth Plan (Hardback - limited edition of 50 copies) from the psychiatrist’s office toShortlisted 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