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About Me

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Graham Nunn (mis)spent his childhood growing up in Mt. Gravatt East, gathering the words for a lifetime of poems.He was the organiser of the New and Selected Readings in 2001 and co-founded legendary Brisbane spoken word event SpeedPoets (www.speedpoets.org) in 2002. In 2003, his first collection of haiku, ‘A Zen Firecracker’ was published. This publication was well received by the critics and as a result Nunn was invited to run a series of workshops on the art of haiku at the inaugural Bali Readers and Writers Festival in Ubud (2004) and The Byron Bay Writers Festival (2005).In 2004, he was invited to be the Artistic Director of The Queensland Poetry Festival (www.queenslandpoetryfestival.com). In the same year he released his first full-length collection of poetry ‘Share the Tragedy’. 2005 saw the release of two new collections, an experimental chapbook co-written with Mandy Beaumont ‘To the one who comes at dawn …’ and ‘Measuring the Depth’ a collection of haibun and haiku.2007 was also a busy year, co-founding Queensland's newest independent publishing house of poetry, spoken word and lyrics - Small Change Press and releasing his latest collection of poetry, Ruined Man.Nunn’s poetry is taut and concise. His work has been described as assured, achieved and ambitious.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Poets and people who dig poetry, publishers, artists of any description

My Blog

What's the value of poetry criticism? - Have your say!

Hi all,Swim on over to Another Lost Shark: grahamnunn.wordpress.com and join the debate about the value of poetry criticism/critique.Would love to hear your thoughts.Here's the link:http://grahamnunn....
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 03:57:00 GMT

Tell me about your favourite books of poetry!

Hi all,The good folk over at Lilliput Review have been compiling a list of near perfect books of poetry and the list has just cracked 200.I have posted a link to the list on my blog Another Lost Shark...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:36:00 GMT

Poetry, Poetry & more Poetry @ Another Lost Shark

The feeding grounds at Another Lost Shark has been in a frenzy lately, so come on over and check out all the poetry action including:Rosanna Licari's Desert(ed) Island Poems, Brisbane Poetry Gig Guide...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:30:00 GMT

SpeedPoets: Sunday, April 5

SpeedPoets returns for its second gig of 2009 with a a three-way feature attack. Be there when Brisbane's longest running poetry event, rolls back into The Alibi Room, 720 Brunswick St, New Farm from ...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:16:00 GMT

The Book is Dead, Long Live the Book

I had the pleasure of hearing Bob Stein from the Institute for the Future of the Book talk on Friday night. He spoke about the changing role of the book, authors and readers. I have blogged my respons...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:44:00 GMT

New Writing

Come on over to Another Lost Shark: grahamnunn. wordpress. com and check out these new posts:Letter to Kerouac in HeavenGuided by Poets - WAAn interview with The Stress of LeisureNew poems - Dark Hour...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:35:00 GMT

New Writing on Another Lost Shark

Come on over to the feeding ground... yes, there's plenty happening at Another Lost Shark: http://grahamnunn.wordpress.com/  Recent posts include new poem 'Sequel', an interview with Patricia Prime, a...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:53:00 GMT

New Poem - Losing Ground

Just posted a new poem - Losing Ground (for Tom Ball) over at my blog Another Lost Shark: http://grahamnunn.wordpress.com/There are also recent interviews with Mel Dixon, editor of Miel Magazine + a B...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:01:00 GMT

New Poem

Hi all,Come on over to Another Lost Shark and read my latest poem Viewpoints - http://grahamnunn.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/viewpoints/Cheers ,GrahamAnother Lost Shark: grahamnunn.wordpress.com
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:56:00 GMT

New Poem - Bill

BillFrom a suburban step/cracked paint, broken glassand spider webs to catch the sun/I watch the strange bourgeois magicof the postman. His card player handsstruggling to disguise the miserablepackage...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:16:00 GMT