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October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK. The British event, Howl for Now, was accompanied by a book of essays of the same name, edited by Simon Warner, reflecting on the piece's enduring power and influence.
Maurice Riordan, Irish poet living in London, named poetry editor of Poetry London
Listed by nation where the work was first published (and again by the poet's native land, if different); substantially revised works listed separately:
2005 in Australian literature
David Brooks, Walking to Point Clear. Blackheath: Brandl & Schlesinger
Pam Brown, Ken Bolton, and Laurie Duggan, Let's Get Lost, Sydney: Vagabond
Laurie Duggan, Compared to What: Selected Poems 1971–2003, Exeter: Shearsman
Alan Gould, The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973–2003
John Kinsella, The New Arcadia, winner of the 2006 Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award; W.W. Norton; Australian living in and published in the United States
Jennifer Maiden, Friendly Fire Giramondo,
Chris Mansell, Mortifications & Lies (Kardoorair, Armidale)
Les Murray:
Hell and After, Four early English-language poets of Australia, Carcanet
Editor, Best Australian Poems 2004, Melbourne, Black Inc.
Philip Salom, The Well Mouth, Fremantle Arts Centre,
Jaya Savige, Latecomers
Chris Wallace-Crabbe, The Universe Looks Down, Brandl & Schlesinger,
Shannon Bramer, The Refrigerator Memory (Coach House Books)
Stephen Cain, American Standard/Canada Dry (Coach House Books)
Margaret Christakos:
Sooner (Coach House Books)
Retreat Diary (Toronto: Book Thug)
Brian Joseph Davis, Portable Altamont (Coach House Books)
George Elliott Clarke, Illuminated Verses.