On 9 February Janet Jackson is the spoken word feature at Raw Hyde, the Hyde Park Hotel’s Thursday-night music, comedy and spoken word open mike night MCed by the irrepressible Tomás Ford. Show starts around 9, arrive before that to sign up for open mike. Corner Bulwer & Fitzgerald Streets, West Perth. Free entry. Raw Hyde is presented by JumpClimb.

Some current clients

• Fremantle Press (poems & performance)
• Santa Barbara Music Publishing (poem)
• Nedlands Library & Perth Poetry Club: event production

Some current projects

• Adult poetry courses and workshops
• Perth Poetry Club (I’m the coordinator)
• Baby-mother poems: I’m writing poems exploring issues of infant mental health and parent-child attachment with a view to publishing a book.
• walk: poems for the revolution of love. I’m examining the philosophy, politics and language of love in its various forms, publishing mainly in non-traditional media.
• look: poems of close observation

Some recent clients

• David Barnes (poetry book: editing & manuscript production)
• Tineke Van den Eecken (poetry chapbook: editing)
• Mulla Mulla Press (poetry books: editing; production advice)
• David Vincent Smith (poetry editing)
• Creative Connections (ekphrastic poems)
• Joyce Parkes (poetry editing)
• R Benzie (commemorative poem)


• City of Perth Library (poetry workshop)
• ACT Writers Centre (poetry workshop)
• Peter Cowan Writers Centre (poetry workshop)
• Edith Cowan University Bunbury (poetry workshop)
• Fellowship of Australian Writers WA (poetry course)
• Challenger Institute (creative writing courses)


• WA Spring Poetry Festival (performances)
• Australian Poetry Centre (festival performances and talk)
• Bunbury Shorelines Festival (performance)
• Queensland Poetry Festival (performances & interview)
• Melbourne Overload Poetry Festival (performance)


• Westword, Melbourne (performance)
• Dan Poets, Melbourne (performance)
• Live Poets at Don Bank, Sydney (performance)
• Traverse Poetry Slam, Canberra (performance)
• Tomás Ford (performances)
• KSP Writers Centre (MCing)
• Bodhi Tree Cafe Bookshop (performance)
• Fremantle Press (performance)
• Harris Organic Wines (performance)


• Rossmoyne Senior High School (performance)
• Warnbro Community High School (poetry workshops, performance)
• Kingsway Christian College (‘literacy through poetry’ course for middle school students)
• Quest Lifelearning Foundation (kids’ performance writing & zine making courses)