Category Archives: News

 Carol Smallwood asked me a bunch of questions over at The Bookends Review including such things as where my interest in books first materialised (in the womb?), on Compulsive Reader, and Unmaking Atoms including a sample poem, “Redhead Beach” which … Continue reading →

In this chat with the wonderful Anna Forsyth of Girl on Key, I read several poems from Unmaking Atoms and talk about the book (and lots of other things, like the value of poetry and my mathematical inadequacies for example):

The new anthology Brew: 30 Years of Poetry at the Pub was launched last weekend at the Newcastle Writers Festival and I was very pleased to have had a poem included.  Poetry at the Pub meets on the 3rd and … Continue reading →

I’m very honoured to have a few new poems published in Pete Spence’s Donnithorne Street Press one-off magazine “Read On”.  These quirky, hand-produced print magazines are such fun–there’s something nostalgic and lovely about a hand-made ‘zine–and full of good writing. … Continue reading →

Hawkeye Publishing’s resident author and founder Carolyn Martinez asked me to answer a few questions for her, mostly around Compulsive Reader, my own podcast, and a little about my books.  As I’ve interviewed Carolyn before, it was fun to turn … Continue reading →

Ivan Obolensky asks me some intruiguing questions about such things as life in Australia vs life in the US, my day job, CCNY vs Oxford, Compulsive Reader, on collaborations, on how I cope with my own reviews, and lots more. … Continue reading →

I’m happy to report that I have three new poems in issue forty-eight, the southern summer, 2018, issue of Otoliths edited by the fabulous Mark Young.  The 314 page print edition full of new prose, text and visual poetry, and visual art … Continue reading →

I’m very pleased to once again find myself in the exceptionally fine company of Pete Spence’s  Donnithorne Street Press publication Have Your Chill.  This classic styled ‘zine is full of wonderful poems, and a pleasure to hold in the hand.  

Ivy Ireland has written a most wonderful review of Unmaking Atoms (and Petra White’s Reading for a Quiet Morning) in Cordite Poetry Review.  I love every word of Ivy’s thoughtful and very empathetic review: “The poems of Unmaking Atoms, while on the surface … Continue reading →

I’ve got a new poem titled “Cultural Universal: A Pantoum” in the 2017 Write Like You’re Alive anthology published by the marvellous Zoetic Press.  The book is available for free download online here: https://zoetic-press.myshopify.com/products/write-like-youre-alive-2017