Poet, literary critic, narrative scholar. Author of two poetry collections and three scholarly monographs. Latest book: Lines of Desire (Puncher&Wattmann, 2025)
Sydney
Joined March 2013
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I wanted to call this the Paul Dawson Poetry Prize, but it's still pretty pithy. Enter now. We are looking for bobby dazzlers.
The Southerly Poetry Prize 2026 is now open! Submissions close 11.59pm 15th April 2026.
Judged by esteemed scholars and poets Paul Dawson, Kate Fagan, and Bronwyn Lea, the winner will receive $2000, with their winning entry published in Southerly 81.1.
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The hottest ticket in town this month is the book launch for my new collection of poetry, Lines of Desire (@PuncherWattmann , 2025). Come along for cheap wine, poetry performed the way it should be, awkward book signings, and celebrations into the night:
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My newest book has arrived. The last time I published a collection of poetry, social media did not exist. John Howard was still Prime Minister of Australia and my teenage daughter had not yet been born. Narrative theory was not even a twinkle in my eyes. Thanks @PuncherWattmann
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Very proud of this new article of mine on the Brittany Higgins 'saga' as a media and narrative phenomenon. It's open access. Check it out. #auspol #believebrittany #Istandwithbrittany @samanthamaiden @JacquelineMaley @JanetAlbrechtsn @michellegrattan journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Brian McHale is the winner of the 2025 Wayne C. Booth Award for sustained impact on the study of narrative. I will have the privilege of presenting the award to Brian at the Narrative Conference next April. People, you want to be there. I guarantee that you want to be there.
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I'm pleased to be part of this collaboration between the Aarhus and Tampere mobs. Thanks to the editors for all their work. You could download the free open access ebook, but why would you when you can purchase this expensive hardcover instead?
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Here's my latest poem, agonistically parodying the biographical note as identity formation. Thanks to the endlessly terrific @corditepoetry for giving me a voice. #poetrycommunity #poetry
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I am pleased to be a literary interloper in a foreign discipline with this latest article of mine, which analyses how the phrase 'control the narrative' reveals a crisis of authority in journalistic discourse and shapes political reportage.
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Thanks to the literary journal, StylusLit, for publishing this poem of mine, "Inflections" styluslit.com/poetry/inflect…
#poetry #poetrycommunity
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Why is the word 'narrative' relied upon so much in news media and political discourse? What is the difference between 'a narrative' and 'the narrative'? I discuss this with reference to @nytimes @washingtonpost @politico
and others in this PN podcast:
podcast.osu.edu/projectnarra…
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Paul Dawson retweeted
(At the Iowa writers workshop) this is a good opening line but is there a way of SHOWING us that it's the best and worst of times?
Finally, the author copies of my latest book have arrived. Now it is a real thing. A nightmare to write, but teeming with brilliant insight, this is not a book I want to read ever again, but you definitely should, at least twice. Thanks to all the @ohiostatepress people.
Cruelly robbed by a hernia operation of the chance to host the awards lunch at @issn_2023, and to refer to myself as el presidente, Mr President or POTISSN, I will nonetheless be on line tomorrow with my dream team of Maria Mäkelä and Dorothy Hale for our session #Narrative2023
Here is my latest poem. For anyone who has ever had a poem or a story rejected, this is for you. Thanks to the excellent people at @corditepoetry for plucking it from the slush pile to include amongst dozens of terrific poems. #poetrycommunity #poetry
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None of your friends or colleagues interested in narrative theory? Weird, but that's okay. You can join this online reading group for monthly discussions of each section of the Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory. @RoutledgeLit
ISSN is thrilled to announce a series of monthly online reading groups, hosted by the Society's Sustainability Committee, focusing on contemporary issues in narrative theory. More information can be found here: thenarrativesociety.org/sust…
We hope you will be able to join us!
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If Jane Austen were on the gram . . . #JaneAusten @janeaustenlit @JaneAustenLIVES #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writerscommunity #janeausten #persuasion #PrideandPrejudice
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