The banksia is quintessentially Australian. Known and loved for its brush-like flowers and sweet honey nectar, the plant embodies both the beauty and harshness of the Australian landscape. The Little Book of Banksias (measuring a mere 125 × 160 mm) features poems and extracts by some of Australias greatest poets, including Dorothy Hewett, Archie Weller and Douglas Stewart. The artists represented in Little Book of Banksias include Marian Ellis Rowan, Marrianne Collinson Campell, Adam Forster and Ebenezer Edward Gostelow.