Welcome to the website of South Australian writer and poet, Graham Catt. The site includes samples of his writing, as well as biographical information, news, and details of his publications.

NEWS

14-June-09 Graham and Amelia Walker are Guest Readers at The Hills Poets meeting at the Bridgewater Inn.

15-May-09 Two poems driving under the influence and eating the dead accepted for publication in the upcoming issue of Unusual Work.

30-Apr-09 Two 'pop music' poems An Ideal For Living and The Invention Of Grunge published in the latest issue of Ripples.

14-Apr-09 Graham will be out and about promoting his new collections over the coming months with readings at several libraries in Adelaide's Eastern Suburbs. Details as follows:

    22-Apr-09 Tea Tree Gully Library 6.30pm-8.00pm
    21-May-09 Burnside Library 6.30pm-8.00pm
    31-May-09 St Peters Library 2.30pm-4.00pm

All readings will also feature Amelia Walker, with the St Peters reading also including musician Angie Starr, and MC Extraordinaire, Kimberley Mann.

Graham is also participating in the SA Poetry and Poetics Centre's Symposium at the Migration Museum on 1 and 2 May, along with Gaetano Aiello, Juan Garrido-Salgado, Rob Hardy, Jeri Kroll, Shen, Heather Taylor Johnson and Amelia Walker.  

26-Feb-09 Graham's chapbooks, The Inverted World and The Hieronymus Bosch Shopping Mall are launched by Kate Deller-Evans at The Jade Monkey. Some pics from the evening are featured below. To purchase either chapbook contact Graham at grahamcatt@internode.on.net or buy them direct from the Picaro Press website.

26-Feb-09 Graham and Amelia are interviewed by Suzy Ramone and Andrew Bunney on 3d Radio. Graham reads Watching The Sky and The Shopping List Of A Serial Killer.

22-Feb-09 Graham reads two poems from Travelling Backwards at the Gawler Poetry readings at the Prince Albert Hotel.

21-Feb-09 Graham and Amelia are interviewed and read some poetry on Cath Kenneally's Arts Breakfast show on Radio Adelaide.

15-Feb-09 Cloudwatching, Geometry and The Piano Player accepted for publication in The Independent Weekly.

8-Feb-09 Graham reads several new poems at the Hills Poets meetings in Bridgewater.

4-Feb-09 Graham's mini-chapbook of travel poems - Travelling Backwards - is now available for download in PDF format. For more information, and to download the document, click on this link.

29-Jan-09 Graham reads Food Court Blues at Hard Boiled at La Bohéme on Grote Street.

25-Jan-09 Graham reads City Square, Late Autumn and The Myth of Silence at the Gawler Poetry Readings. Pics below feature Graham in 'action' and guest reader, Amelia Walker, who dazzled the audience with her performance.

pics by Graham and Amelia

Check out Amelia's website at: http://www.freewebs.com/ameliawalker/

Or listen to to Amelia's poem 'In Translation' in MP3 format.

16-Jan-09 Graham read new poems The Conversation and Eating the Dead at the Tuxedo Cat's mid-summer reading.

1-Jan-09 Apart from the Picaro Press publications, Graham will also be releasing a self-produced mini-chapbook detailing his disastrous 'holiday' to New Zealand in  2007. Entitled 'Travelling Backwards - Lost in New Zealand', the chapbook will be available to download in PDF form for free from this website in the near future. A 'sneak preview' of the cover is available on the 'Publications' page. Limited printed copies of the chapbook will also be available at the launch on 26 February 2009.

26-December-08 Coming up in early 2009 will be the 'official' launch of 'Hieronymus Bosch Shopping Mall', as well as 'Wagtail # 84 - The Inverted World', both published by Picaro Press. The chapbooks will be launched together with Amelia Walker's new collection 'Just Your Everyday Apocalypse'. Details as per the flyer at the top of this page.

3-December-08 New poem Sisters in Stereo accepted for publication in The Independent Weekly.

9-November-08 Graham reads several new poems at the Hills Poets reading at The Bridgewater Inn.

31-October-08 Graham reads Fright Night, The Bride Of Frankenstein and Kitchen Nightmares at the Halloween reading at the Tuxedo Cat.

thanks to Amelia for the pic

27-August-08 Graham read at the Candles, Wine and Classics event at Leconfield Winery as part of the Onkaparinga Council's Poetry Unhinged festival. The event was held on 6 September 2008 at 7pm. Other poets included Barbara Preston and Peter Colling. 

22-June-08 Amelia Walker reviews The Hieronymus Bosch Shopping Mall on the Poetry and Poetics Centre website.

7-September-07 Graham's new chapbook The Hieronymus Bosch Shopping Mall published by Picaro Press.

For more about the new collection, and how it can be purchased, click on this link.

15-March-07 Graham reads blog article Going Underground, Poetry On The Fringe at live literary journal Animate Quarterly.

14-March-07 Poems city square, late autumn and some facts about snakes appear in US e-zine Red River Review.

24-February-07 Poem river spirit selected for publication in Tamba.

CONTACT

Graham can be contacted by email at grahamcatt@internode.on.net

Copyright

Please note that all material appearing on this website is protected under Copyright laws and may not be reproduced, reprinted, transmitted or altered in any form without express written consent of the author.

Images by Lucy Catt or Graham Catt unless otherwise noted.

Cloud image used in banner menu and footer courtesy Allie @ www.morguefile.com

Website designed and maintained by Graham Catt.



Last Update: 17/06/09

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