David Prater is an Australian-born writer, editor and parent. His interests include mince pies, ice hockey and Joy Division.
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Transition Vamps: Preface
An envoi to my third full-length poetry collection . . .
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Transition Vamps: The testimonial
Read Liam Ferney’s kind words about my third full-length poetry collection.
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Trip report: Elfstedenfietstocht (Part 1)
On cycling “like a room through the day” along the route of Fryslân’s “tour of tours”: the Elfstedentocht.
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Transition Vamps: Official cover reveal
On the unseen power of the saxophone.
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‘May.be’ 6
Toen werd de zee wel als een groot zwaar man . . . – Herman Gorter, ‘Mei’
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‘May.be’ 5
En in een waterwieg, achter in zee — – Herman Gorter: ‘Mei’
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Film review: One Battle After Another (2025)
Vineland is probably my favourite Pynchon novel, so I was mostly interested in finding out how faithful One Battle After Another might be to that book’s storyline.
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Book announcement: Transition Vamps
I’m happy to announce that Cordite Publishing Inc., through its poetry imprint Cordite Books, will publish my third full-length collection, Transition Vamps, in 2026.
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‘May.be’ 4
Maar in zijn rand verbrak de zee in reven —Herman Gorter, ‘Mei’
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‘Nagasaki Crows’ redux
‘Nagasaki Crows’ continues to hold great meaning for me, despite the fact that not many people have actually read it.