A seventieth birthday celebration for Brisbane-born, British-based poet Peter Porter – an expatriate generation of one, correspondent and host to successive generations of Australian writers; a collection of tributes by twenty of his friends: Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Alan Brownjohn, Geoffrey Burgon, Wendy Cope, Allen Curnow, Ian Duhig, D.J. Enright, U.A. Fanthorpe, Barry Humphries, Clive James, David Malouf, Les Murray, Sean O’Brien, C.K. Stead, George Szirtes, Ann Thwaite, Anthony Thwaite, William Trevor, Kit Wright – a harmonious blend of local and Australian contributors - who have all signed this slate. One hundred and thirteen copies printed, this is one of the twenty-six in quarter cloth and marbled paper boards, not numbered and marked as a contributor's copy.
