THAT POETRY THING
Recent Work Press Readings
Theodore Ell, Anita Patel, Damen O’Brien
7pm Monday 18 July (Doors open 6:30pm)
Smith’s Alternative, Canberra
As part of the That Poetry Thing readings, readings by three Recent Work Poets, including the debut of two new collections.
THEODORE ELL was born in Sydney in 1984. He studied literature and modern languages at the University of Sydney, spent time in Bologna and Florence for research, and was awarded a PhD in 2010. For several years he worked freelance as an editor, translator and researcher. He moved to Canberra in 2015 to begin working in the public service. Theodore’s poetry has appeared in PN Review, Australian Book Review, The Australian, The Canberra Times, The Sydney Morning Herald and several anthologies. His essays, translations and historical research have been published in Australia, Italy and the UK. He is an honorary lecturer in literature at the Australian National University.
ANITA PATEL collection of poetry, A Common Garment (Recent Work Press), was published in 2019. She has had work published in The Canberra Times, in Conversations (Pandanus Press, ANU), in Block 9, Burley Journal, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Demos Journal, Mascara Literary Review, Not Very Quiet Journal, Cordite Poetry Review, Backstory Journal, Other Terrain Journal, Pink Cover Zine, FemAsia Magazine, Plumwood Mountain Journal, Eucalypt: a tanka journal, The Blue Nib Literary Magazine(Print Issue 42), in Australian Poetry Anthology Vol. 8 and in the anthology, What We Carry, (Recent Work Press).
DAMEN O'BRIEN is a Brisbane-based poet. Damen’s prizes include The Moth Poetry Prize, the Newcastle Poetry Prize and the Val Vallis Award. Damen’s poems have been published in journals including Touchstone Literary Review, Poetry Wales and New Millennium. In 2021, Damen’s first collection, Animals With Human Voices, was published by Recent Work Press.