Anna Jacobson

Books

Memoir

The cover of 'How to Knit a Human': an aqua blue cover with Anna's illustration of a figure knitting. The purple yarn weaves around the navy title and Anna's name is in magenta.

How to Knit a Human (NewSouth, 2024)

Watch the online launch for How to Knit a Human, or a separate video art screening with further readings.

Poetry Collections

the cover of All Rage Blaze Light, that features an art self-portrait by Anna Jacobson with brushstrokes of golden thread weaving over her face and closed eyes. The artwork is bordered by a golden ochre background.
All Rage Blaze Light, Forthcoming in September 2025 with Upswell
A purple cover titled Anxious in a Sweet Store with an ink drawing of brightly multicoloured liquorice allsorts scattered across the cover
Anxious in a Sweet Store (Upswell, 2023)

Watch the online launch for Anxious in a Sweet Store

A cover with a splash of orange with the title amnesia findings
Amnesia Findings (UQP, 2019)

Watch poetry videos from Amnesia Findings

Chapbooks

a book cover with an old envelope on the front and the words 'the last postman' in navy
The Last Postman (Vagabond Press, 2018)

Anthologies

The cover of women of a certain courage: white text on a navy background and a voluptuous woman with an umbrella balancing on a tightrope with chutzpah.
Women of a Certain Courage (Fremantle Press, 2025)
The cover of Best of Australian Poems 2024, with five overlaying spheres of varying opacities.
Best of Australian Poems 2024, (Puncher and Wattmann, 2024)
The cover of Living Systems - poetry from Asia Pacific. A mosaic of 9 square colourful photographs of environmental textures like trees and sky on a cream background.
Living Systems: Poetry from Asia Pacific (Vagabond Press, 2024)
The cover of Raging Grace - Australian Writers Speak out on Disability edited by Andy Jackson, Esther Ottaway and Kerri Shying in muted tones of orange and two sketched faces, one hidden.
Raging Grace – Australian Writers Speak Out on Disability, (Puncher and Wattmann, 2024)
the cover of 'an unexpected party' with imagery of blossoms and a person with one wing outstretched.
An Unexpected Party (Fremantle Press and Get YA Words Out, 2023)
a red bookcover with white markings and the title 'a line in the sand'
A Line in the Sand (Pantera Press, 2023)
A cover with a painterly woman with one eye closed and one eye open on an aqua background
Admissions (Upswell, 2022)
A pink and blue cover with paint splatter textures and two hands reaching upwards, titled 'resilience'
Resilience (Ultimo Press, 2022)
a black cover with orange and blue triangles
Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing Anthology (Nillumbik Shire Council, 2020)
a navy cover with multi-coloured text with the title 'Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry'
Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry (2020, MUP)
A brown toned and textured patterned cover with the title 'Heroines vol 2'
Heroines Anthology Vol. 2 (Neo Perennial Press, 2019)
a bright blue, orange, lilac, and lime green cover with the title 'our home is dirt by sea'
Our Home is Dirt by Sea, (2016, Walker Books)