Submissions for Friendly Street's Single Poet 2026 are open now & close in less than two weeks, on 31st May. Entries must be of full-length poetry manuscripts, from poets without a previously published book. Rules & submission form are at the link below. friendlystreetpoets.org.au/2026/04/01/s...

On June 3rd, NO WAVE features another four great readers from across Adelaide & SA's thriving lit scene. They are: @jennifermills.net.au Juan Garrido Salgado Lara Day & Chelsea Avard 7 for 7:30pm The Wheaty 38 George St Thebarton $5 cash on the door Event page: www.facebook.com/share/1JDhma...

There is no truth, no facts, no certainty, only confusion and conspiracy. Maybe… I dunno.

On May 6th, NO WAVE features another four great readers from across Adelaide & SA's thriving lit scene. They are: Alex Sawyer Geoffrey Aitken @8cakey.bsky.social Carissa Fischer & Travis Lucas 7 for 7:30pm The Wheaty 38 George St Thebarton Event page: www.facebook.com/events/25846504278355809

NO WAVE returns for 2026 w/ four excellent readers from across Adelaide & SA's thriving lit scene. They are: Courtney Jaye @sunnycaffeine.bsky.social Tyler Jackson Tracy McNally & Jazz Fechner-Lante April 1 7:30pm The Wheaty 38 George St Thebarton Event page: www.facebook.com/share/17TzsGTzay/

Adelaide songwriters Kate Lewis and Katie Pomery present an hour of introspective sadness that’s ultimately about the importance of social connection. ★★★★ My @adlfrin.ge music review for 𝘐𝘯𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 www.indailysa.com.au/inreview/mus...

Come see Tracey 'Queen of Sass' O'Callaghan's second & final show tomorrow at 6pm To help fill remaining seats, wrangle some friends & buy four tickets & you'll get a free copy of her collected poems: adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/br... Kick off a busy Friday night at the @adlfrin.ge & Festival.

The first of Tracey O'Callaghan's two @adlfrin.ge performances of 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 & 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 is on in just under a fortnight — Sunday 22nd February at 4pm with a second show the following Friday, February 27th at 6pm. It's my great pleasure to be MC for both slots.

The second part of my interview with Kate Cooper will be playing today at 4pm on Vision Australia Radio Adelaide, 1197 AM. You can then hear it at the Emerging Writers podcast archive with, I believe, an extra bonus reading that didn't fit in the broadcast version! Live: player.listenlive.co/65731

Part one of an interview I had with Kate Cooper will be broadcast on Vision Australia Radio today at 4pm. Tune in to the broadcast at 1197 AM or stream it online at the link. It will then be on the Emerging Writers podcast archive for later listening. radio.visionaustralia.org/podcasts/eme...

Looking forward to attending the AVERT Research Network 2025 Symposium later this month on this year's theme of 'Signal or noise? Navigating the changing nature of violent extremism online' You can peruse the full program via AVERT's symposium page: www.avert.net.au/2025-symposium

As part of the Archē exhibition at Coral Street Art Space in Victor Harbor, I'm looking forward to sharing the bill with three outstanding South Australian poets: Steve Brock, Olivia De Zilva & Tyler Jackson Saturday NOV 15 from 5:30pm for 'Slow Lane' Tix $5 at the link: square.link/u/OSXrT1RC

Fun to spend Saturday afternoon w/ Spoken Word SA hearing excellent variations on nature #poetry this past weekend. Chuffed that my tangential take on 'human nature' landed well! Thanks Pam for hosting, Shaine for a great feature set & Ian for his excellent pics. spokenwordsa.com.au/be-natural-p...

Another month of Wednesday #poetry readings at Ern Malley bar, #Adelaide Both Chelsea Avard and myself will be on the bill October 8th. Come along — 6:30 for 7pm in Stepney, 137 Magill Road. Not a hoax!

Submission Open 15th September to 15th of October 2025 Submissions are now open for issue 28 of The Manchester Review. The Editors are looking forward to reading the best of your poetry, fiction, and non fiction.

My effort for #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain Cheers to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for curating these prompts.

Our state poetry slam final falls on the same Saturday as Australia's national football code season climax...

The Australian Poetry Slam 2025 – SA State Final put on by the folks at @spokenwordsa.bsky.social is coming up on Saturday 27 September at 7:30pm. I'll be competing alongside some truly excellent local poets and performers so come along! More info and tix below: spokenwordsa.com.au/australian-p...

As part of Adelaide Uni's 2025 Summer Research Scholarships, @natemanning.bsky.social & I have two related projects open for applications: "Digital Pathways to Gendered & Misogynistic Extremism in Young Australians" & "Current Trends of Digitally Circulated Right-Wing Extremism in Australian Youth."

Loved the light touch on this one.

A replay of my interview from earlier this year (discussing both #poetry & countering violent extremism research, especially regarding men & masculinity) on this week's Poet's Playlist Thursday June 19th at 8:30pm on Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM or listen online: www.radioadelaide.org.au/shows/poets-...

🚨🚨 New funded PhD, looking at Violent and Misogynistic Ideologies in Online Spaces. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships... @timlegrand.bsky.social @tasayouth.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social @bts-adams.bsky.social

I'm excited to be curator for next month's NO WAVE #poetry reading at The Wheatsheaf Hotel, bringing together four excellent and generation-spanning Adelaide poets: Geoff Goodfellow Mei Szetu Chelsea Avard and Erica Jolly 38 George Street Thebarton Wednesday June 4th, 2025 7 for a 7:30pm start

Recently uploaded — my performance at the South Australian Poetry Slam final in September last year. As it happens, this #poem is about to see publication in Meniscus journal, so keep an eye out for that sometime this month. #poetry #slampoetry

The Shore IS OPEN FOR SUBS! 🌊 Submission guidelines can be found on our website: www.theshorepoetry.org

From Israeli newspaper @haaretzcom.bsky.social, which publishes a range of left and liberal (inc. anti-Zionist) perspectives from within Israel. 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 "𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥" 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴? 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴?

My final review of the 2025 #AdelaideFringe season covered local folk artist Loren Kate bringing a golden voice, beautiful range and faithful yet fresh arrangements to her renditions of primarily early-period Leonard Cohen favourites. @adlfrin.ge www.indailysa.com.au/inreview/fes...

More #AdelaideFringe coverage from me at InReview. Cal Williams Jr delivers an exquisite experience in this hour devoted to the haunting, resonant, deeply affecting work of cult English folk singer #NickDrake @adlfrin.ge #adlfringe www.indailysa.com.au/inreview/fes...

Tracey O'Callaghan delivers a perfectly executed hour of charged, comedic, crowd-pleasing poetry in her debut #AdelaideFringe performance @adlfrin.ge. My review at The Clothesline - Digital Arts Magazine. theclothesline.com.au/brains-balls...

The World After Gaza Pankaj Mishra discusses how his own views on Israel/Palestine shifted after witnessing first hand the everyday structural violence imposed on the occupied territories—much like Ta-Nehisi Coates. In conversation w/ Michelle de Kretser #adlww

Watching 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 remains something of a formative comedic memory for me, so it was a pleasure @adlfrin.ge to see Paul McDermott sail into poetic waters. It pays off, with moments by turn funny, whimsical, dark, and poignant. For InReview #AdelaideFringe www.indailysa.com.au/inreview/boo...

My first review @adlfrin.ge this season. #adlfringe #AdelaideFringe Nick Robertson delivers a warm, conversational, and 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 reflection on share housing: what it means to feel at home in the stories that shape and stay with us, even after they seem to end. www.indailysa.com.au/inreview/rev...

A #binchicken (Australian white ibis) contemplating fine art, music and culture outside The University of Adelaide and Art Gallery of South Australia The most appropriate recent photo in my phone gallery to farewell #davidlynch in all his wonderfully earnest, absurd weirdness

It was a pleasure to be interviewed for Poet's Playlist discussing both #poetry & issues related to my research work on countering violent extremism. Hear the discussion broadcast tonight (Thursday 9th) at 8:30PM on Radio Adelaide 101.5FM or listen later online: radioadelaide.org.au/program/poet...

Pleased to have a poem in Vol. 29, No. 1 of Eclectica Magazine — among the oldest surviving online lit publications. Thanks to #poetry editor @chrispygal.bsky.social for including it! www.eclectica.org/v29n1/adams....

as we slide into another southern hemisphere summer, more #poetry back pages for #blueskypoetry 'suburbs, dusk, the creature waits for something' published 2013 in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘯 ed.: Russell Streur photo: Falls Festival, Lorne read the full #poem: thecamelsaloon.blogspot.com/2013/02/subu...

Join education workers for the Vigil for Scholasticide in Palestine, on Thursday next week. More: apan.org.au/event/vigil-... Add your signature to the Stop Scholasticide open statement: tinyurl.com/ssauopenstat... This event has been endorsed by the Victorian Division of the NTEU

Flicking through my #poetry back pages for #blueskypoetry To start, 'Roman Sky' first published 2011 in 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺, edited by Michael Aaron Casares. Reprinted in 𝘍𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘶 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸: 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘸𝘢 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 1 (2019). Read the full #poem: www.carcinogenicpoetry.net/2011/11/ben-...

What to make of this blank slate Bluesky, eh? I'll be posting mostly what it says on the packet — my own & other poetry, academic research currently focused on critical masculinities & countering violent extremism, plus occasional book, music, theater & other arts reviews. All collated at the link ^

A great evening with excellent audience questions and discussion! #academicsky You can order a copy of the book and get 30% off using the code LXFANDF30 through Rowman & Littlefield: rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...