EDIT: Sale’s finished. All done. Thanks to everyone who bought a book. Hope you like ‘em. I just turned 41. To celebrate I’m having a CRAZY 41-hour sale whereby you can buy either of my lovely ebooks for the half-price…
Adam Ford: poet, novelist, zinemaker, comic artist, show-off
2011 australian poetry slam highest scoring local poet (castlemaine heat)
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Tagged with: buy my books, man bites dog, not quite the man for the job, so crazy, special offers
Posted in man bites dog, Not Quite the Man for the Job
Posted in man bites dog, Not Quite the Man for the Job
Scientific Shame x4.
Recently I found myself enjoying Words for Empty and Words for Full by the inestimable Bob Hicok and came across “BRCA1″ (which you can read in this .pdf extract – it’s about four poems in), a poem that makes reference…
Now with extra e!
Long time coming, but I finally finished making the ebook versions of my novel, Man Bites Dog, and my second poetry collection, Not Quite the Man for the Job. They are now available to purchase and download in either .epub…
Lookee eBook!
Well that was quick. As of last week I’m pleased to say that thanks to the ineffable generosity of some beyond-lovely donors, I’ve raised the money needed to buy reproduction rights for the covers of Man Bites Dog and Not…
Tagged with: ebook, I made a ebook, iPad, luddite
Posted in Not Quite the Man for the Job, poetry, the writing process
Posted in Not Quite the Man for the Job, poetry, the writing process
Imma make some ebook!
(check out the full details of the Adam Ford eBook Cover Fund over on Pozible.com ) As the above video will attest, I have this crazy plan to turn Not Quite the Man for the Job and Man Bites Dog…
My words, their voices: I Must Destroy the Space-Whale
If you ever wanted to know what my poetry sounds like when it’s read out loud by an English woman with a very BBC-voiceoveresque voice-type-voice – like I always have – then boy are you (and I, I guess) in…
Tagged with: nic sebastian, poems, poetry reading, whale sound
Posted in Not Quite the Man for the Job, people who are nice enough to publish me, poems
Posted in Not Quite the Man for the Job, people who are nice enough to publish me, poems
My words, their voices: Kevin the Fucked Up Goldfish
Kevin the Stuffed-Up Goldfish, posted with vodpod I recently got an email heads-up from Eco-Girl of the Super Poets that one of my poems was going to feature in the Out Loud schools’ poetry slam as part of the Melbourne…
Tagged with: kevin the fucked up goldfish, melbourne writers festival, out loud, poetry, poetry reading, poetry slam, super poets, video
Posted in gigs, Not Quite the Man for the Job, poems
Posted in gigs, Not Quite the Man for the Job, poems
From the Vaults: Solo Flight
If you throw the frisbee by yourself, it will not come back. The sun might be shining in the most exquisite way, But If you throw the frisbee by yourself, it will not come back. You might have just won…
Tagged with: dogs, frisbees, innocent bliss, tattslotto
Posted in From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, Published work
Posted in From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, Published work
From the vaults: Weighting for the Weekend
In the post-relativity universe, where measurement has lost all certainty, the most flexible unit of time is the weekend. From Friday night to Monday morning time stretches and blurs, contracts and bends. On end-of-the-working-week Fridays time slows to a stroll.…
Tagged with: poetry, quarks, relativity, tectonic plates, weekends
Posted in From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, poems, Published work
Posted in From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, poems, Published work
From the Vault: The Thumpin’ Boyhug
Expressions of affection between men can be awkward. You don’t want to give the wrong impression. There’s a signal that makes it clear what the hugger’s intentions are. Just combine the hug with a sturdy pat on the back. It’s…
Tagged with: hugs, masculinity, thumping
Posted in From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, poems, Published work
Posted in From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, poems, Published work
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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.
