I’m thrilled to be part of the first Dog‑Eared Readings event of 2026.

This February’s line-up brings together internationally awarded short‑fiction writer Rebekah Clarkson, in conversation with Pip Williams, acclaimed novelist Eva Hornung, and me. Eva had planned to launch her new novel The Minstrels at Adelaide Writers’ Week, but with the event cancelled, Dog‑Eared Readings will now host the first public reading from the book.

Presented in partnership with the Adelaide Hills Council, the event will be held on Thursday, 26 February at The Summit Centre, 4 Crescent Drive, Norton Summit. Doors open at 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start. Tickets are $5: bookings are essential, and I know from experience that they sell out quickly. You can reserve your seat HERE.

It’s shaping up to be a great evening of conversation, community, and exceptional writing. I’d love to see you there.

A very big thank you to Heather Taylor Johnson and Rachael Mead for the invitation.

I’m delighted to be appearing with Peter Bakowski at The Ern Malley Readings this week. The reading is on Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 6.30PM (doors) for a 7PM start, at Ern Malley Est. 1943, 137 Magill Road, Stepney. I have some Ern-Malley-catalysed poems in hand for the reading. Hosted by Stan Comma Just Stan.

‘Only a part of me shall triumph in this / (I am not Pericles)’ (Ernest Lalor Malley, 1918-1943)

Pruf Positive: A Symposium of Dangerous Ideas & Irresistible Wit. Untold things coming Thursday, 26 June 2025, at Ern Malley, Est. 1943, 137 Magill Road, Stepney, 6:30 p.m. Feat. Sean Haylock, Jack Blanch, Paul Gallasch, Stan Mahoney, and me.

I’m currently working on a new poetry project with fellow Adelaide poet Aidan Coleman. Voluminous Grid, a geolocation poetry app, will bring Adelaide’s stories to life through verse. The interactive app will showcase poems – new and old – that celebrate the CBD of the City of Adelaide. We’re seeking diverse voices, locations, and perspectives that capture Adelaide’s rich past and poetic present. Whether you’re a South Australian poet or from interstate, we’d love to see your work. The app will feature a mix of unpublished works, previously published pieces, and historical poems. Featured poems will be accessible via smartphone as text and voice recordings, performed by professional voice actors, with walking events in 2026 to launch the app. Submissions close on Sunday, 15 June 2025. Further details (payment, length, format, and contact details) are available HERE via a dedicated Facebook page.

My short (3-line) poem ‘The Cynic’s Triptych’ has been published HERE on the AGONY Substack. Many thanks to Sean Haylock, Editor in Chief, whose poem ‘Montacute Radio’ appears HERE in AGONY’s most recent post.

My poem ‘Landscape, with Ouroboros and Leviathan’ has been published HERE on the AGONY Substack, along with the poem ‘No Ordinary Necropolis’, translated by Aphrodite Haylock and adapted by Sean Haylock from Pablo Neruda’s The Heights of Machu Picchu. Many thanks to Sean Haylock, Editor in Chief.

I’m delighted to have my poem, ‘Phalaris / Perennial’, appear in Best of Australian Poems 2024 (Australian Poetry). Special thanks to the editors, Shastra Deo and Kate Lilley. And a special shout out to my fellow South Australians who also made the anthology: Ken Bolton, Aidan Coleman, Jill Jones, and Cath Kenneally. Best of Australian Poems 2024 is available online, and from all the best bookstores.

I’m delighted to have my poem ‘June’ (from ‘Public Savant’, my 365-line poem sequence, written across a year at a rate of one-line per day) appear in Issue 1 of SPLINTER JOURNAL – South Australia’s brand-new literary journal. Writers featured in Issue 1 include: Dom Symes, George Titheridge, Jayda Wilson, Jill Jones, Magdalena Ball, Muiz Ọpẹ́yẹmí Àjàyí, Paris Rosemont, Sara M Saleh, and Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes. A big thank you to Farrin Foster and Stephanie Mylan, who handled the editorial work very elegantly, and to Writers SA. Copies of Issue 1 are available from Splinter’s website (HERE).

I’m so delighted to be supporting Anna Ransom this Saturday night at Ern Malley for the “Tides” EP’s national tour. The songs from the EP have been my companions all year. Anna’s music is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube, but come along on Saturday for a special night at Ern’s. (Ern Malley, 137 Magill Rd, Stepney – Saturday, 16 November 2024 from 8 p.m. Entry is free.)

Two of my poems, ‘Red Creek’ and ‘Carte Blanche’, have been published in Living Systems: Poetry from Asia Pacific. Living Systems marks 25 years of independent small press publishing by Vagabond Press, and showcases poets from Australia and across the Asia Pacific, with over 400 pages of poetry from 170 poets and translators – from Australia, Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Myanmar, Singapore, America, New Zealand, Mexico, and more. Copies of the anthology are available HERE from Vagabond Press’s website, including as a limited-edition hardback (HERE).