poetry

Essays

‘Guard these moments well’: the lyrics of Chris de Burgh

We need to talk about Chris de Burgh’s lyrics.

Les Tombeaux
23 May 2019

Blogging

Three literary devices that really cheese me off

If I had to write a complete list of all the things creative types do that really give me the jitches, I'd be here all day. So, in my own therapeutical interests, here's three literary devices that cheese me off no end. What cheeses you off?

Davey Dreamnation
19 May 2015

Blogging

Leaves of Glass: it’s real!

Seven years in the making. Trans-continental in its composition. Green as a blade of grass in its wrapping. Leaves of Glass is real.

Davey Dreamnation
5 December 2013

Blogging

Smokin’ Leaves of Glass!

I’m really glad to announce that my second full-length poetry collection, Leaves of Glass, will soon be released by smokin’ Sydney-based publisher Puncher and Wattmann. Long-term readers of this site would know that said collection has taken a few years…

Blogging

Between Empires: the reissue

Ten years ago, almost to the day, I spent three weeks travelling in the USA, the UK and Germany. During that time I wrote a series of poems, entitled Between Empires. While many of these poems have been published individually, the collection itself has until now remained secret.

David Prater
9 September 2012

Blogging

Humility Publishing

Last year I received the good news that my PhD thesis, "Bonfire of the Vanity Presses: Self-Publishing in the Field of Australian Poetry" had been accepted by Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, meaning that I could start to go around calling myself a doctor (except in emergency situations on planes). To celebrate, I've posted the Preface here. Read on, if you dare ...