About
I've been writing and performing for over twenty years, with my work featuring around Australia and overseas. My words have been projected onto buildings, performed on stage, inscribed on park benches, turned into song, visual art, and published in beautiful books.
My collections include No Other Life But This, The Ghost Poetry Project, RADAR, and The Right Wrong Notes, with my latest book The Apocalypse Awards (2016) inspired by our collective obsession with the end times.
In 2010 I co-edited the 30th birthday edition of Going Down Swinging and was a recipient of the Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize. From 2019-2021 I judged the Woorilla Poetry Prize and this year I'm the judge of the 2022 Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Prize.
As a spoken word performer I feature regularly at festivals across the country and toured Europe with loop artist Geoffrey Williams. Our unique two-man show The Night Reverses premiered at White Night Ballarat in 2017, and played sold-out shows at The Lost Ones Basement Bar. In 2018 it featured at the OFFMilosz Festival in Poland, and opened the Heidelberg Literary Days Festival in Germany.
Along with all this I have the privilege of contributing to the Australian literary scene. I've taught creative writing at Federation University and continue to conduct workshops about writing and the writing life.
Watch a short profile here by filmmaker Michelle Dunn.