Associate Professor and Program Convenor, Creative Writing, University of Wollongong 1998-2016
Alan Wearne has been part of Australia's poetry since the late 1960s. He has published a verse novella, two verse novels and five collections, the three most recent being with Giramondo: The Australian Popular Songbook (2008) Prepare the Cabin for Landing (2012) and These Things Are Real (2017). He works for an outfit called Narrative Verse in English (company founder Geoffrey Chaucer) and considers himself both an elitist and an entertainer. After teaching (mainly Poetry) at the University of Wollongong from 1998 to 2016 he is now back in Melbourne where he publishes Grand Parade Poets, twelve books since 2011, the most recent being the collection of Group Sestinas and Group Villanelles composed by his Wollongong students With the Youngsters.
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About Alan Wearne
Alan Wearne has been part of Australia's poetry since the late 1960s. He has published a verse novella, two verse novels and five collections, the three most recent being with Giramondo: The Australian Popular Songbook (2008) Prepare the Cabin for Landing (2012) and These Things Are Real (2017). He works for an outfit called Narrative Verse in English (company founder Geoffrey Chaucer) and considers himself both an elitist and an entertainer. After teaching (mainly Poetry) at the University of Wollongong from 1998 to 2016 he is now back in Melbourne where he publishes Grand Parade Poets, twelve books since 2011, the most recent being the collection of Group Sestinas and Group Villanelles composed by his Wollongong students With the Youngsters.
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