non-fiction

This page lists my non-fiction publications, some of which are accessible online. To access all of my Cordite posts, including reviews, poems and images, click here. Enjoy!

Tiny Steps: the Electr(on)ification of Cordite

An interview with Talan Memmott

An interview with Maria Engberg

Dialogue between Australian and Korean poets in Seoul

Oz-Ko (Hoju-Hanguk) is now online!

Oz-Ko Envoy (Editorial)

On Creative Commons

‘El Buen Vivir’: The new constitution in practice in Ecuador

Stay Tuned: Radio and Elections in Malawi

Improving the position of women in Malian political parties

President Museveni of Uganda endorses interparty dialogue

‘Balkenende IV’: The Netherlands’ coalition government collapses

‘Year of the White Tiger and Steam’, an article on my residency in Seoul, appears in the Victorian Writers’ Centre newsletter, March 2010.

My interview with Korean poet Ko Un appeared in Cordite Poetry Review in December 2009.

My interview with English-Korean academic An Sonjae appeared in Cordite Poetry Review in November 2009.

My interview with Dutch poet Arjen Duinker appeared in Cordite Poetry Review in August 2009.

Review of “Delinquent Angel” by Dianne Georgeff, a biography of Melbourne poet Shelton Lea, appears in Overland #190 Autumn 2008.

My interview with former Overland poetry editor John Leonard appeared in Cordite Poetry Review in 2008.

Bonfire of the Vanity Presses, published in The Weekend Australian in 2008, discusses self-publishing in the field of Australian (and international) poetry.

My review of five Australian poetry books, ‘The Performance of Publication: Recent Australian Poetry’, appeared in Overland #191 Winter 2008.

In Defence of Poetry (and Poets), a serious rant about the state of poetry, appears in Famous Reporter #35 (2007).

“To publish or not to self-publish?” appeared in Southern Review Volume 40 #2 2007.

My interview with former Voiceworks editor Ryan Paine appeared in Cordite Poetry Review in 2007.

My article on ‘Hits and Online Readership’ appeared in Cordite Poetry Review in 2007.

Interview/article in Shueisha magazine (Japan) by Keiji Minato on my work as a poet and editor of Cordite.

Taking Kylie To Korea: an article on my time in Seoul published by the NTEU Advocate in 2006.

An interview article (PDF, 71k) by Bridget O’Brien on my poetry and my residency in Seoul appeared in The Korea Times on 20 December 2005.

‘Online archives and virtual collections’ (with Denise Meredyth) appeared as the introduction to the Southern Review issue of the same name, which we co-edited (Volume 38 #2, 2005) (full text)

‘That Wicked CIA Technology: Archiving An Online Literary Journal’ appeared in Southern Review Volume 38 #2 2005

My contribution to Lonely Planet’s book of ‘Experimental Literary Travel’ appeared in 2005.

Review of “On a Silver Platter” for the Centre for Cyberculture Studies at the University of Washington.

‘Pranking Dos and Don’ts’ appeared in The Big Issue April 2003.

‘Exit Strategy, by Douglas Rushkoff’ (book review) Traffic (UMPA), Issue #2 (2003)

(with Miller, S.) “Wireless Content Services for Young People” in Cope and Mackenzie (eds), New Markets for Book Products, Common Ground Publishing, Melbourne, 2002

“An Analysis of Australian Poetry Publishing”, in Cope and Mackenzie (eds), New Markets for Book Products, Common Ground Publishing, Melbourne, 2002

(with Kelso, R., Laidler, T. and Harper, L.) “The Future of Interconnection Arrangements in Australian Telecommunications Networks: A Discussion Paper for the ACCC”, CIRCIT at RMIT, 2002

A refereed article written with Sarah Miller, published in M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture, on the subject of public internet access and internet cafes (2002)

A Close Encounter With Cyberbarbie: find out how fun it is to interview an online avatar! (Cordite, 2002)

‘Dog Ears and Anarchism’ Meanjin Issue #2/2001

‘Bush vs City Poets’ (comment) appeared in Famous Reporter 2001.

“Content in a Digital World”, “Implications for Book Production Processes”, “Case Study: Stephen King’s The Plant” in Cope and Freeman (eds) Digital Rights Management and Content Creation, Common Ground Publishing, Melbourne, 2001

(with Laidler, T.) “The Internet Industry”, chapter in Australian Communication Authority’s Telecommunications Performance Report 2000-2001.

(with Tegart, A.) E-mail for All, CIRCIT Research Report no. 28, 2001

(with Laidler, T. and Stanley, J.) “Maximising the Uptake of Government Services Online”, for Multimedia Victoria, 2000 (paper also presented at Communications Research Forum, Canberra 2001)

(with Hancock, I. and Bowman, A.) “The Day of the Soft Towel?”, International Journal of Nursing Practice, 6, 2000, pp 207’13

‘The Mallarme Writer’s Event’ (article/review), Cordite Poetry Review #5 (1998) (PDF)