Seething since 2000*
‘Guard these moments well’: the lyrics of Chris de Burgh
We need to talk about Chris de Burgh’s lyrics.
Read it ‘Guard these moments well’: the lyrics of Chris de BurghThree 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?
Read it Three literary devices that really cheese me offLeaves 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.
Read it Leaves of Glass: it’s real!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…
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.
Read it Between Empires: the reissueHumility 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 ...
Read it Humility PublishingCordite 32: Zombie 2.0 (2010)
I'm suitably gored-out
Read it Cordite 32: Zombie 2.0 (2010)VWC, Kurungabaa, Southerly (IWD)
Things have been pretty quiet
Read it VWC, Kurungabaa, Southerly (IWD)Interviewing Ko Un
One of the highlights of my second Asialink residency in Seoul in 2009 was my meeting with poet Ko Un.
Read it Interviewing Ko Un
