An Embroidery of Old Maps and New

Angela Costi is one of the most authentic poets writing today. In her latest collection An Embroidery of Old Maps and New, the threads she weaves are drawn from her deep connection to her roots in her native Cyprus and her social conscience in a diverse Australian community. Both heart and mind are at one in all her poetry. – Helen Nickas, writer and publisherI can see how I carry Yiayia’s war in the ample dunes of my belly, the moment she smelt the guns, she pinched the candle’s