The Book of Souls Poetry Launch

David Terelinck’s second free verse collection, published by Calanthe Press, will be launched on Tamborine Mountain on 15 November 2026 at 2:30pm. ‘The Book of Souls’ will be launched by Brent Cantwell, a New Zealand-born poet who writes, teaches and lives with his family in the hinterland of Queensland’s Gold Coast. His work has been published in Australian Poetry Journal, Poetry NZ, Landfall, Jacaranda Journal, Westerly Magazine, and Takahe. His first poetry collection, ‘tether’, was published by Recent Work Press in October 2023. ‘The Book of Souls’ brings us poems that travel from the wreckage of a fractured world through the quieter terrains of grief and illness, and then into unguarded eros (Jane Frank). Honest, compassionate and fair-minded, David Terelinck pens poetry with darkness and light with an even-hand (Kathy Kituai). A profound humanist, David crafts stories that even in their darkest moments are tender and not without humour. A confessional poet in the best sense, the result is poetry honest, courageous, and open (Damen O’Brien). RSVP to Janene Gardner at Under the Greenwood Tree.

Listed by Tamborine Mountain Arts Collective