[Jill Rowbotham, The Australian, March 24th, 2010]:
Sarah Holland-Batt is sometimes a stereotypical poet: dreamy and preoccupied when gestating her next verses, which is how she came to leave her mobile phone in the fridge’s butter compartment.
But there is a strong business-like streak there, too, a determination to make a career in an art form notorious for lack of money and opportunity.
These traits have proved a winning combination. Her first book, Aria (University of Queensland Press, 2008), was released to critical acclaim and is the recipient of multiple awards, but her targeting a Fulbright scholarship paid off, too: she will leave for New York University in August to begin a masters of fine arts in poetry.