About the Book:
Midwest wrestles with the effects of climate catastrophe on the mid-north western coastal ecologies of Western Australia, specifically Ningaloo Reef, Denham, Geraldton and the Turquoise Coast. Set both in and out of the water, from the lenses of diver, parent and terrestrial being, throughout these poems, the speaker interrogates stromatolites, fails to fear sea snakes, and speaks to leopard sharks and dead poets. Written in her familiar, conversational and unsentimental, register, Caitlin Maling’s poems confront where we are now in the history of planetary time, and what biosphere remains for the children (human and extra-than-human) being raised within it.

About the Author:
Caitlin Maling is a WA poet, her books have been shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, the NSW Premier's Book Awards and the WA Premier's Book awards. Her poetry and creative non-fiction has been published widely in Australia and overseas. She teaches creative writing at Curtin University, and lives near Walyalyup/Fremantle with her young family.

ISBN: 978-1-7642397-2-1