Tony Hammill on J.F. Archibald, six new poems, campfire cooking, Vaughan Baker’s Legend page, three music features and two podcast recitals.

Far North Queensland songwriter Nadine Cockrem wrote “Ember” more than 12 years ago. Now the deeply personal song is becoming her debut single on 2 October.

Australia’s political class is whisked from its comforts and sent scrambling through the scrub in James Cayce’s sharp, dreamlike satire.

Footloose Drifters share their quick Thai beef salad for days spent exploring and eating wherever the road takes them.

A prize-winning bush poet takes the stage at a country festival ball, where long speeches and a noisy crowd turn his recital into a night he won’t forget.

A pricey Brahman bull, a mysterious potion and a farmyard cat make for a riotous yarn in Bob Pacey’s Hippy Potion.