Known for Poetry Education Master of Arts, PhD | Role Poet Name Brentley Frazer | |
Occupation Poet, novelist, editor, academic Books A Dark Samadhi: Poems + Microtexts, Speed Poets: The Best of 2003, Brilliant Future: Book One - the Butcher's Saga | ||
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Brentley Frazer (1972) is a contemporary Australian poet and author of experimental literature. Raised in Queensland, his poems, prose and academic papers have been published in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, U.K, France, India and Slovenia. A multitude of his texts can be found on his website, http://www.brentley.com
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Brentley has been a guest at numerous literary festivals, poetry readings, culture conserves and academic conferences, including: The Queensland Poetry Festival, The Australian National Poetry Festival, The Sydney Poetry Festival, Brisbane Writers Festival, The Wellington International Poetry Festival, The Oxfam Bookfest in London, "Spoken" and "Couplet" at the State Library of Queensland and the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (Massey University 2014, Swinburne University 2015, University of Canberra 2016).
From 2001-2013 Frazer was publisher and editor of Retort Magazine http://www.retortmagazine.com and is a co-founder of The Vision Area (1998-2000) and a founding member of the Brisbane spoken word event Speed Poets (2003 - current). In 2012 he completed a MA at James Cook University under the supervision of Lindsay Simpson. Currently he is a P.h.D Candidate at Griffith University under the supervision of Nigel Krauth and the poet Anthony Lawrence.
Brentley's nonfiction novel Scoundrel Days is forthcoming from University of Queensland Press in March, 2017.
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