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Zoo is a book of poetry by John Kinsella and Coral Hull. Chris Wallace-Crabbe said this about it:

...Coral Hull is an outstanding poet, far advanced in both her imagery and her political ideas over most comparable candidates. Indeed over most Australian poets..

And Harold Bloom said:

...Kinsella is a prodigy...He gives us the life of poetry, revealed again as a vocation that can transform reality...

Zoo is a hardback, listed at $20.95, and is availible from Barnes and Noble.


Bestiary is a 112 page book of poems by Coral Hull. Dorothy Porter said this about it:

...These poems are both imaginative and polemical - and are impossible to deflect...

And Tom Shapcott said:

...Coral Hull has found a unique and idiosyncratic voice to express her anger and her anguish - and her sometimes searing wit. Not since Robinson Jeffers in America and Ted Hughes in England has a poet written with such passion and such indignation, in a voice that is completely her own...

Bestiary is $19.95 and can be ordered from Salt Publishing.


Inland is a CD-ROM of photographs taken by Coral Hull, and published in HTML format. Coral Hull's second collection of 148 original photographic works explores the arid inland of Australia - its animals, landscape and ruins. An intimate and sensual expose of subject matter often overlooked.

Inland is $AU15, and can be ordered from Zeus Publications.



Remote is a CD-ROM of 100 original photographs taken by Coral Hull, exploring the remoteness of subject matter from the creative investigator.

Remote is availible from Thylazine Publishing Australia for $AU15.



How Do Detectives Make Love? is a book of poetry by Coral Hull. Poems in this collection both stand alone and work collectively to create an open-ended dramatic sequence. Addressing the topical issues of domestic violence, gender relations, sexuality, animal liberation and criminality within the ranks of law enforcement, Hull traces the complexity of the conflicts between innocence and corruption. In this fiercely autobiographical work, Hull dramatises herself as victim, scribe and player in a seductive cycle of nihilism. Raw, gutsy and moving, this is a portrayal of the human cost of violence and power abuse.

How Do Detectives Make Love? is $AU22, and is can be purchased through Penguin Books Australia.


Broken Land, a book of poems by Coral Hull, was the winner of The Victorian Premier's Prize for poetry in 1998 - CJ Dennis Award. Bev Roberts had this to say about it:

...'Slaughterhouses? You write poems about funny things,' Hull was told in one such place...Coral Hull writes confrontingly and uncompromisingly about the terrible sights, smells and sounds of these killing places. She makes the final scream of a goat audible and unforgettable, an image of anguish and inhumanity.

Broken Land is $AU12.95 and can be ordered from Five Islands Press.


The Wild Life is a 456-page collection of poetry by Coral Hull, David Curzon, Philip Hammial and Stephen Oliver. Peter Goldsworthy commented on Coral Hull's contributions:

...There is something in almost every line of her work, a mix of passion and intricate memory, always combined with invention. Style and substance come together here in a special way...

The Wild Life is $AU22 and can be purchased from Penguin Books Australia.


Hot Collation, published by Penguin Books Australia, is a 359-page collection of poetry by Coral Hull, Jenny Bolt, Chris Mansell and Sue Moss. Mike Wiley talked about Coral Hull's contribution:

...Whether the reader is a meat-eater or a vegetarian, interest will be taken in how Hull develops arguments about vegetarian concerns that rarely have received poetic treatment since Shelly wrote pro-vegetarian poems nearly two hundred years ago..

Unfortunately, Hot Collation is now out of print. We recommend Bookfinder.com for out-of-print book searches.


Earth-Spirit is a 30 page book of poetry featuring Coral Hull and Margaret Curtis. This book was a donation to The East Gippsland Coalition with all profits going towards the preservation of Victoria's old growth rainforests of the Gippsland region. Earth-Spirit published in 1987, displays some of Hull's earliest work and is a limited edition series. We recommend Bookfinder.com for tracking one down.