Australian poet & editor | Author of CARTE BLANCHE
I’m delighted to be appearing at A Very Earnest Christmas, this Wednesday, 10 December, at Ern Malley Est. 1943. The event will also feature readings by Peter Goldsworthy, Cath Kenneally, Jelena Dinić, Tracy McNally, Nicole Bianca, Mike Ladd, Robert Dawson, John Kelly, and Stan (just Stan). 137 Magill Road, Stepney, South Australia. 6.30pm for a 7pm start.
Why ‘Just Two More Poems’ is Always Two Poems Too Many, or: How to Lose a Room in Real Time… a short piece on my Substack that considers the dreaded moment at a poetry reading when the poet looks up from their sheaf of papers – or their phone – and asks the room: ‘Do I have time for two or three more poems?’ Here’s the LINK.
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 delighted to be appearing with Jill Jones, Stan Mahoney, and JV Birch at NO WAVE’s May Reading. The reading is on Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 6.30PM (doors) for a 7PM start, at The Wheaty, 39 George Street, Thebarton. Many thanks to Gemma, Travis, Hossein, and Olivia for the invitation.
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 The app will feature a mix of unpublished works, previously published pieces, and historical poems.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 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).
Thom Sullivan 