In its fortieth year the UTS Writers' Anthology is Australia's longest running student series and remains highly regarded among its writing community. Well recognised as a breeding ground for emerging talent it has published the early writing of authors including Gillian Mears Patti Miller Toby Fitch Alison Whittaker MTC Cronin Rachel Ward and Erica Harrison.
'[this book] offers its readers the timeless vital gift of slantwise truth-telling.' Emily Bitto
This year the writing remains exceptional. From crab blood running blue to a girlfriend that's literally the devil incarnate from city-dwelling lambs to country-dwelling matriarchs from a range of mothers - others' mothers included - and poems stories and essays that will make you laugh cry fear and hope this collection from Australia's newest writers offers a refreshing take on the current scene.
