Book launch
Memorandum of Understanding by Bill Nelson on Thursday 14 April, 6pm–7.30pm at the Guest Room, Southern Cross Garden Bar.

The dogs will find you first.
Even under the snow
they can smell the fear and sweat
and polypropylene socks.

Your grandfather can smell it too.
He pulls you out by the scruff of your neck.

You are strapped into a pair of skis.
Edward Scissorfeet. Disturbed,
eating a sandwich with metal poles
dangling from your arms.

—Arrest

In his debut poetry collection Bill Nelson steps into John Coltrane’s body and wears it around. He is a turtle disappearing into the sea. He plumbs the depths of business jargon. He takes singing lessons in Berhampore. He takes his grandfather roller skating. Funny, strange and arresting, these poems test our understanding of understanding.

Kate Camp will launch Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday 14 April (6pm) in the Guest Room at the Southern Cross Garden Bar. All welcome.
This book is published by Victoria University Press