Late last year I and a couple other poets were talking about how much poets get paid for their poems. It occurred to me that I didn’t know which journals paid what, if anything. It could be the doing-it-for-the-love-of-it aspect…
Adam Ford: poet, novelist, zinemaker, comic artist, show-off
2011 australian poetry slam highest scoring local poet (castlemaine heat)
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Published – Mea Culpa
I have a word-based contribution on cordite at the mo, part of the oz-ko (envoy) issue, which is the prelude to the forthcoming oz-ko issue that will feature Korean poets translated into English and Australian poets translated into Hangul, which,…
Tagged with: bibimbap, cordite, elizabeth stewart, fleur beaupert, geoff page, joe dolce, kimchi, korea, literary journals, patrick jones, poetry, poetry journals
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, new poems, people who are nice enough to publish me, poems, Published work, reflected glory, writing
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, new poems, people who are nice enough to publish me, poems, Published work, reflected glory, writing
Blogs and journals and the poetry voice
I recently discovered Linebreak, which is an online poetry journal that publishes one new poem a week. It’s a nice minimalist format that works well with the whole blog concept – in some ways I prefer the idea of a…
Send ‘em yer words
A few publication opportunities that have come across the desk in the last little while: qarrtsiluni is looking for poems about “words of power” from now until the 31st of August, for publication in mid-September. I just came across this…
Tagged with: cordite, epic, identity theory, literary journals, money, qarrtsiluni, words of power
Posted in there's lots of opportunities if you know when to take them
Posted in there's lots of opportunities if you know when to take them
Torpedo 6: The Bullet
The latest output from those avian simians at Falcon vs. Monkey is Torpedo 6, aka The Bullet. It’s chockers with good comic love (and the occasional short story) by many excellent comickal types from around the globe. Standouts for me…
Interview: RN Book Show on Torpedo
This morning I was on Radio National’s Book Show as part of “Fishing for Richard Brautigan”, a feature put together by Sarah L’Estrange about the Richard Brautigan issue of Torpedo, along with Torpedo editor Chris Flynn, contributors Caren Beilin and…
Torpedo #4
I just got my copy of Torpedo #4 in the mail, the Brautigan issue – a tribute to the work of Richard Brautigan. They accepted my poem, ‘A Timid Work Friendship’, for publication, which is an amazing compliment considering one…
Tagged with: falcon vs. monkey, literary journals, poetry, richard brautigan, torpedo
Posted in people who are nice enough to publish me, poems, writing
Posted in people who are nice enough to publish me, poems, writing
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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.
