Ann Vickery
Ann Vickery is Professor of Writing and Literature at Deakin University. She recently co-edited The Cambridge History of Australian Poetry (2025) and edited The Cambridge Companion to Australian Poetry (2024). She is the author of Leaving Lines of Gender: A Feminist Genealogy of Language Writing (2000) and Stressing the Modern: Cultural Politics in Australian Women’s Poetry (2007), and co-author of The Intimate Archive: Journeys through Private Papers (2009). She is also the author of three poetry collections. The most recent, Bees Do Bother: An Antagonist’s Care Pack (2021), was shortlisted for the Judith Wright Calanthe Award.
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In an age of doomscrolling and AI, young Australians are turning to poetry
From poetry slams and pop-up readings to chapbooks and Instagram, young people are embracing a form that offers honesty, experimentation, connection and a way to navigate an increasingly complex world.