Rochford Press was established in 1983 and is one of the smallest and oldest literary presses in Australia.
It publishes the on-line journal Rochford Street Review as well as the occasional literary journal P76 Rochford Street Review is an on-line journal reviewing new Australian writing – with an emphasis on poetry and small press publications. While Rochford Street Review is published quarterly, reviews will be uploaded to the site as they are received. We will also attempt to cover as many publications (both traditional and on-line) as we can.
10/12/2025
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So where to start? A good place to direct teenagers who are aimlessly tapping on a screen is Rochford Street Review. All the poetry, all the poetry book reviews and all the poetry launch speeches any teenager could want!
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09/12/2025
Rochford Street Review Issue 43. The heights of timelessness: Morgan Yasbincek launches ‘The Grand Reopening’ by Toby Davidson.
The title taps us all at those points during the pandemic and in life where, after losing the world as we know it, we walked through all that is gone.
The title taps us all at those points during the pandemic and in life where, after losing the world as we know it, we walked through all that is gone.
06/12/2025
Stephen Smithyman: 2 Poems
Stephen Smithyman is one of the poets featured in Te Purere/The Exodus: The Anthology of Expatriate New Zealand Poets, Edited by Vaughan Rapatahana and John Gallas, Cold Hub Press, 2025, which will have it’s Sydney launch on Saturday, 6 Dec from 3pm – 5pm at the Stanley Street Gallery, 1/52-54 Stanley St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010. A Poetry Sydney Event.
Stephen Smithyman is the son of New Zealand poets, Kendrick Smithyman and Mary Stanley. He has lived and worked in Naarm/Melbourne for many years and is now retired there. A late developer, he has …
05/12/2025
E Wen Wong: 2 Poems
E Wen Wong:: is one of the poets featured in Te Purere/The Exodus: The Anthology of Expatriate New Zealand Poets, Edited by Vaughan Rapatahana and John Gallas, Cold Hub Press, 2025, which will have it’s Sydney launch on Saturday, 6 Dec from 3pm – 5pm at the Stanley Street Gallery, 1/52-54 Stanley St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010. A Poetry Sydney Event.
E Wen Wong (Canberra) moved from Ōtautahi to Ngunnawal and Ngambri Land in 2022. Most recently, her poems have appeared in A Clear Dawn, Ko Aotearoa Tatou, No Other Place to Stand, and Landfall. E …
04/12/2025
Jen Crawford: 2 Poems
Jen Crawford: is one of the poets featured in Te Purere/The Exodus: The Anthology of Expatriate New Zealand Poets, Edited by Vaughan Rapatahana and John Gallas, Cold Hub Press, 2025, which will have it’s Sydney launch on Saturday, 6 Dec from 3pm – 5pm at the Stanley Street Gallery, 1/52-54 Stanley St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010. A Poetry Sydney Event.
Jen Crawford is a Professor of Creative Writing within the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra. She has previously lived and taught in Aotearoa/New Zealand and in Singapore. He…
04/12/2025
Miro Bilbrough: 2 Poems
Miro Bilbrough is one of the poets featured in Te Purere/The Exodus: The Anthology of Expatriate New Zealand Poets, Edited by Vaughan Rapatahana and John Gallas, Cold Hub Press, 2025, which will have it’s Sydney launch on Saturday, 6 Dec from 3pm – 5pm at the Stanley Street Gallery, 1/52-54 Stanley St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010. A Poetry Sydney Event.
Miro Bilbrough is one of the poets featured in Te Purere/The Exodus: The Anthology of Expatriate New Zealand Poets, Edited by Vaughan Rapatahana and John Gallas, Cold Hub Press, 2025, which will have it’s Sydney launch on Saturday, 6 Dec from 3pm – 5pm at the Stanley Street Gallery, 1/52-54 Stanley St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010. A Poetry Sydney Event.
Miro Bilbrough’s counterculture memoir In the Time of the Manaroans was shortlisted for the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 2021 and hailed as ‘the best book of non-fiction published in New Z…
04/12/2025
Rochford Street Review Issue 43. Angela Stretch: 2 Poems.
Angela Stretch is one of the poets featured in Te Purere/The Exodus: The Anthology of Expatriate New Zealand Poets, Edited by Vaughan Rapatahana and John Gallas, Cold Hub Press, 2025, which will have it’s Sydney launch on Saturday, 6 Dec from 3pm – 5pm at the Stanley Street Gallery, 1/52-54 Stanley St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010. A Poetry Sydney Event.
Angela Stretch lives on Gadigal/ Sydney, She is a poet, curator and writer from Otautahi/ Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand. The artist uses language and poetry through different mediums and has b…
03/12/2025
Rochford Street Review Issue 43. Susan Adams: 2 Poems.
Susan Adams is one of the poets featured in Te Purere/The Exodus: The Anthology of Expatriate New Zealand Poets, Edited by Vaughan Rapatahana and John Gallas, Cold Hub Press, 2025, which will have it’s Sydney launch on Saturday, 6 Dec from 3pm – 5pm at the Stanley Street Gallery, 1/52-54 Stanley St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010. A Poetry Sydney Event.
Susan Adams was born in Wellington, New Zealand. She has performed and taught ballet internationally, worked as Nursing Consultant/Educator and following her PhD as a Research Scientist. Having com…
03/12/2025
Rochford Street Review Issue 43. Doc Drumheller: 2 Poems.
Doc Drumheller is one of the poets featured in Te Purere/The Exodus: The Anthology of Expatriate New Zealand Poets, Edited by Vaughan Rapatahana and John Gallas, Cold Hub Press, 2025, which will have it’s Sydney launch on Saturday, 6 Dec from 3pm – 5pm at the Stanley Street Gallery, 1/52-54 Stanley St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010. A Poetry Sydney Event.
Doc Drumheller has worked in award winning groups for theatre and music and has published 11 collections of poetry. His poems are translated into more than 20 languages. He is the editor and publis…
03/12/2025
Rochford Street Review Issue 43. New perspectives and insights: Vaughan Rapatahana and John Gallas introduce ‘Te Purere/The Exodus: The Anthology of Expatriate New Zealand Poets’
"Te Pūrere translates approximately into the English language as ‘getaway’ or ‘exodus’ and is an especially appropriate title for this anthology of New Zealand poets who continue to reside or have recently lived overseas as expatriates for lengthy periods. Their rationales are many and varied – ranging from employment, through relationships, to life-choice decisions to remain overseas"
The Sydney launch of ‘Te Purere/The Exodus: The Anthology of Expatriate New Zealand Poets’ will take place this Saturday. Full details in the article.
Te Pūrere translates approximately into the English language as ‘getaway’ or ‘exodus’ and is an especially appropriate title for this anthology of New Zealand poets who continue to reside or have r…
02/12/2025
Rochford Street Review Issue 43. The immediacy of the message: Mark Roberts reviews ‘Each Night I Count My Children: Poems From Gaza’ edited by Denise Howell.
"The recently published chapbook, Each Night I Count my Children: Poems from Gaza, is one example of how poetry has survived in the rubble of Gaza and, indeed, how it has become an essential part of the struggle to keep Palestinian society and culture alive."
The recently published chapbook, Each Night I Count my Children: Poems from Gaza, is one example of how poetry has survived in the rubble of Gaza and, indeed, how it has become an essential part of…
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Rochford Press is one of the smallest Australian literary presses having been established by Mark Roberts in 1983 as a vehicle to publish 7 issues of P76 Magazine. The press has always operated independent of any government funding, and has continued to contribute to the small press poetry scene of this country. Rochford Press is committed to publishing creative and critical writing which pushes boundaries and stands out from the everyday. It is run by Mark Roberts and Linda Adair and is based in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.
Since 2011 to the present time, we have published 26 issues of the online critical journal Rochford Street Review as well as producing several chapbooks and books including: Robbie Coburn’s first collection Before Bone & Viscera, Stevi-Lee Alvers Cactus and The Selected Your Friendly Fascist based on the cult poetry magazine established by Rae Desmond Jones and John Edwards in the 1970s.
2019 has seen resurgence of energy in Rochford Press as Linda Adair has driven the publishing program. Within the first half of 2019 the press has edited, produced, and launched the following three books:
The End of the Line by Rae Desmond Jones
When I was Clandestine by Juan Garrido Salgado
Open by Sarah St Vincent Welch
Additionally we promoted them by arranging launches and readings around the country ranging from venues such as The Exodus Foundation, Shop Gallery and Ashfield Library in Sydney, to the Press Bookhouse as part of the Newcastle Writers Festival, That Poetry Thing at Smiths Alternative in Canberra, The Dan O’Connell in Melbourne, a nightclub in Adelaide and Voicebox in Perth.
Most recently Rochford Street Review has partnered with creatives in the Blue Mountains to promote exhibitions by MAPBM and has produced a website for Vivienne Dadour’s exhibition Resilience in Times of Adversity: Blue Mountains responses to World War II.
More chapbooks will be coming in the next 6 months including from Blue Mountains writers and other regional areas.
