Puncher & Wattmann

Nathan Curnow lives in Ballarat, and writes poetry, plays and short fiction.  His work features in Best Australian Poems 2008 and 2010 (Black Inc) and has won a number of awards including the Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize.  His book The Ghost Poetry Project (Puncher and Wattmann) was named by Cate Kennedy as a ‘best read’ of 2009 and his most recent collection, RADAR (Walleah Press), is a joint collection with poet Kevin Brophy.  He is a past editor of Going Down Swinging and has recently been described by Martin Duwell as ‘a sort of poetic equivalent of Louis Theroux.’  As a spoken word performer he has featured at many festivals across the country and been heard widely on ABC, Triple J and Radio NZ.

The Ghost Poetry Project: Back Cover blurb:

Ten nights.  Ten haunted locations.  One terrifying adventure across Australia.  From a gaol cell to a lunatic asylum to a night in a haunted hearse, The Ghost Poetry Project is one poet’s attempt to find a language of guts and daring.  A unique exploration of fear, courage, and the power of mystery and myth.

Resources

• An text based interview with Paul Burman about The Ghost Poetry Project
• Film and audio interview about Nathan's poem 'The Dead'
• Audio interview on ABC’s Book Show with Sarah L’Estrange:
• Audio interview on ABC Ballarat with Dominic Brine
• Audio of Nathan reading the poem EVP at qaartsiluni
• Review of The Ghost Poetry Project on the 'Reeling and Writhing' Blog, September 2009
• …that go bump in the night, review on James FW Robert's blog

General information about Nathan's writing

• An interview with Alec Patric at Verity La
• A short 3 min film by Michelle Dunn about Nathan's writing and practice
• Nathan Curnow's website

Puncher and Wattmann titles by Nathan Curnow

• on other websites:

  Nathan Curnow’s Ghost Poetry Project review ​- from the ‘Reeling and Writhing’ Blog, September 2009

  Nathan Curnow …that go bump in the night: review on James FW Robert’s blog

• samples: Nathan Curnow, ‘Some Final Regard’