I’m delighted to be appearing as the guest feature artist for SA Heat 1 of the Australian Poetry Slam 2024, hosted by Spoken Word SA. Heat 1 is on Saturday, 3 August 2024, at the State Library of South Australia. Further details HERE.

A new piece from my long poem ‘Public Savant’, which was written at a rate of 1-new-line-per-day during 2018, and which was published earlier this month in Volume 3 of AGONY Magazine, now appears HERE on the AGONY Substack. This is the poem’s ‘October’ section, here titled ‘The Flaneur’s Pharmakon’. The ‘May’ and ‘July’ sections also appear on the substack. Print editions of AGONY are available HERE from the magazine’s website. Many thanks to Sean Haylock, Editor in Chief.

A new piece from my long poem ‘Public Savant’, which was written at a rate of 1-new-line-per-day during 2018, has been published in Volume 3 of AGONY Magazine. Volume 3 includes work by Marc Barnes, Yvette Caul, Ed Feser, Mark Freer, Peter Goldsworthy, Sean Haylock, Stan Mahoney, James Donald Forbes McCann, Todd Mercier, Justin Murphy, Andrei Plesu, Glen Smith, James Matthew Wilson, and Eshna Yolcan, with impeccable design work by Margot Holbert. Copies are available HERE from the magazine’s website. Many thanks to Sean Haylock, Editor in Chief.

My poem ‘Magnolia grandiflora’, which was published in August 2023 in Volume 1 of AGONY Magazine, appears on the AGONY Substack. I’ve long been a proponent of the idea that there’s a circle of Heaven reserved for people who plant magnolias. Print editions are available HERE from the magazine’s website. Many thanks to Sean Haylock, Editor in Chief, and my fellow members of the editorial team.

My poem ‘Public Savant’, part of a longer poem of the same name, which was written at a rate of 1-new-line-per-day during 2018, appears HERE on the new AGONY Substack. Print editions of AGONY Magazine Vol. 2, where the poem first appeared, are available HERE from the magazine’s website. Many thanks to Sean Haylock, Editor in Chief, and my fellow members of the editorial team.

My poem ‘Phalaris / Perennial’ has been published in Edition 10.2 of Jacaranda Journal. Copies are available HERE from the journal’s website. Many thanks to Olivia De Zilva, Editor in Chief. It’s a pleasure to be published alongside fellow South Australians JV Birch, Jelena Dinic, Matt Hooten, Gemma Parker, Caroline Reid, and Dom Symes, and two of my favourite Australian poets, Stuart Barnes, and Felicity Plunkett.

My poem ‘Ventanita’, which was published in August 2023 in Volume 1 of AGONY Magazine, appears on the new AGONY Substack. Print editions are available HERE from the magazine’s website.

Adelaide’s newest reading series, The Ern Malley Readings, has continued throughout February at Ern Malley (est. 1943), with readings by Ken Bolton, Cath Kenneally, Anna Goldsworthy, Peter Goldsworthy, Sean Haylock, and Stan Mahoney. This week we’ll be rounding out the month with readings by Jill Jones, Basty H, and me. All are welcome! Details: Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 7 p.m. for a 7:30 start, at Ern Malley, 137 Magill Road, Stepney. (Photo courtesy Ern Malley.)

Adelaide’s newest reading series, The Ern Malley Readings, kicked off this week at Ern Malley (est. 1943), with readings by Ursula de Leeuw, Ken Bolton, and Stan Mahoney. In the week ahead, I’ll be appearing at the readings with Kathryn Hummel and Jelena Dinic. Details: Wednesday, 13 December 2023, 7 p.m. for a 7:30 start, at Ern Malley, 137 Magill Road, Stepney. (Photo courtesy Ern Malley.)