So I’ve started reviewing poetry for Bookslut. Which is a bit squee. It’s been interesting flipping through the lists of new poetry books coming out of the US to see how their stuff compares to contemporary Aussie poetry – not…
Adam Ford: poet, novelist, zinemaker, comic artist, show-off
2011 australian poetry slam highest scoring local poet (castlemaine heat)
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Review: Song & Error
Tagged with: Averil Curdy, Bookslut, poetry reviews, reviews, Song & Error
Posted in Me and my opinions, people who are nice enough to publish me, poetry, reviews
Posted in Me and my opinions, people who are nice enough to publish me, poetry, reviews
Review: The Deep: Here Be Dragons
I’ve started doing some comic reviews for the Australian Comics Journal, a blog dedicated – as you might expect from the title – to news and reviews about Australian comics. It’s nice to be among such esteemed company, and also…
Wild Colonial Interview (with me)
Kirsten Krauth, a blogger and freelance writer who’s soon to move to my neck of the woods (to wit: Castlemaine, which is very close to (though not as nice as) Chewton), has posted an interview with yours truly up on…
Review: Knuckled
Ages back now I wrote up a review of Australian poet Fiona Wright’s debut collection Knuckled, which got published over on cordite. Short version: I liked it. For a longer version, head over to the ‘dite whydoncha?
Review: Blue
It’s not really news to anyone that Pat Grant’s graphic novel Blue is a good’un – he’s had great press both here in Australia and overseas. That said, I have a review of Blue that I originally wrote for The Monthly,…
Tagged with: Australian comics, blue, bolton, comics, giramondo, ozcomix, pat grant, top shelf
Posted in comic reviews, i would like to recommend these people's writing, Me and my opinions, rejected, reviews
Posted in comic reviews, i would like to recommend these people's writing, Me and my opinions, rejected, reviews
Slammin
Attention conservation notice: I wanted to win something and got grumpy when I didn’t, but I’m feeling better now. Plus some thoughts on the nature of poetry slams. Keywords: slam poetry, psychobabble, rationalisation, competitive arts. Word length: 2,252 words. So…
Review: Joel Deane’s Magisterium
I’ve just had a review of Magisterium, Joel Deane’s latest collection of poetry, published on cordite. It’s a dark and brooding book, and if you ever wondered how I would react to that kind of thing, well, now’s your chance…
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Adam Ford is the author of the poetry books The Third Fruit is a Bird, Not Quite the Man for the Job and From My Head, the novel Man Bites Dog and the short story collection Heroes and Civilians.
He is the genius behind the cult-hit website Monkey Punch Dinosaur and the twitter novel Aramis Fox.
He also makes zines and comics. This is his website.
His email is ADAMFORD-escargot-LABYRINTH-full-stop-NET-full-stop-AU
This website was made on the traditional lands of the Jaara Jaara and the Wurundjeri peoples.
