I’m delighted to have a poem titled “Kosmo Vinyl” featured in The Australian Poetry’s 39th Collaboration, “The Fulcrum Years” a unique new online anthology which explores the most pivotal years of Boomers & Gen Xer’s lives. I note that Kosmo was a producer for The Clash and I began the poem as a reminiscence (which I more or less condensed out) of my 8 hour queue for Clash tickets to see them at the Bonds 
International Casino in NYC in 1981. The person who came with me from Long Island into the city disappeared while we were queuing and I never saw him again (!)–instead I took someone else as I did manage to get two tickets – just.
The issue, which will be available online from Meuse Press is going to be launched at the Since I Left You cafe, 338 Kent St, Sydney, 7pm Tuesday the 7th of October, and MCed by Editors Jonathan Cant & Les Wicks. The full issue is now available online here: https://meusepress.tripod.com/apc.htm#GENX
I was invited to participate in an exhibition at the Goldstone Gallery documenting the atrocities of October 7, 2023, and the wave of antisemitism that followed in Australia. The exhibition brings together documents, installations, film, photography, sculpture, performance and writing into a multi-level, museum-standard presentation to create an inclusive, non-political space for remembrance, truth, and dialogue.
On Saturday, the 27th of September, I’ll be MCing the Sydney launch of Lisa Collyer’s much awaited new poetry book Gold Digger, which will feature a launch speech by Willo Drummond and readings by the author, me, Willo and Elizabeth Walton.
Gold Digger challenges the enduring myths of domesticity by portraying women as breadwinners, unearthing the realities of labour, aspiration, and social mobility. Collyer deftly reveals how women’s work – often overlooked or undervalued – has always been present, from the kitchen to the corridors of power.
I’m delighted to have been invited as a guest to this year’s 
