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Postscript: my lecture on self-publishing (November 2011)

In November 2011 I gave a lecture at BTH on the subject of my PhD thesis. I've posted the full video of the lecture, some of the introductory remarks I made, and a link to the Powerpoint presentation I used. Enjoy!

Davey Dreamnation
20 January 2012

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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 ...

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Notes Towards an Imaginary Thesis: “Stanzaland”

In 1983 the American Library Association (ALA) produced a poster featuring the character of Yoda from George Lucas‚Äô Star Wars (1982). In the poster, which bore the title 'READ - and The Force is with you', the Jedi Master Yoda carried his trademark cane, as well as a red, hardbound book.

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Bonfire of the Vanity Presses: the article

My article on self-publishing, entitled “Bonfire of the Vanity Presses” has been published in the latest issue of the Weekend Australian. Unlike Justin Clemens’ review of my book We Will Disappear, which was published in last weekend’s edition, this one is…

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In Defence of Poetry (and Poets)

This rant was reposted in Famous Reporter.

Davey Dreamnation
1 February 2007

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“Your poems: you will not need them.”

When I’m not wasting time writing record reviews about non-existent bands, poems about dysfunctional families, prose poems about imaginary cities, new definitions for strange Dutch words, the odd (yes, odd) sonnet, an occasional ode to the Buddha Machine, away on…

Davey Dreamnation
24 January 2007