SAVAGE TURN, A

A Savage Turn is a blistering debut from Gamilaroi writer Luke Patterson, whose razor-sharp wit and lyrical voice cut through layers of modern and traditional life. From haunting billabongs to stark prison cells and dreamscapes soaked in memory, Patterson crafts a fearless collection that dismantles the myths of the so-called Australian dream. Drawing on everything from critical theory and modernist poetics to eco-romanticism, postcolonial satire and western lore, this hypnotic book of poems is both a fierce reckoning and an invitation to reimagine the stories we tell.