Adam Aitken is a researcher in writing at the University of Technology Sydney. He spent his early childhood in London, Thailand and Malaysia, before settling in Sydney. He is the author of numerous articles on poetry, works of creative non-fiction, and four books of poetry. He was Poet in Residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris in 2011, and co-edited the contemporary Asian Australian Poets anthology (Puncher & Wattmann) in 2013. His most recent poetry and essays have recently appeared in HEAT, Axon, Canadian journal Arc and in Transnational Literature. His memoir One Hundred Letters Home was published by Vagabond Press in 2016.
Reviews and articles about Adam Aitken:
J.S. Harry, ‘Pirouetting on a Precipice’, Southerly, Vol 62 No 1 2002
Stephanie Bishop, ‘Streetwords’, ‘Out Loud’, The Fine Print: Newsletter of the UTS Writers Group, No. 2 Spring 2001 pp.1 -3.
Van Ikin and Darren Jorgensen, ‘Australia’, Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 2001, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p. 5.
Martin Duwell, (Untitled review of Adam Aitken and Peter Skrzynecki), Heat 15 September 2000
Pam Brown, ‘East of Shakespeare,’ Sydney Morning Herald August 12 2000
Geoff Page, ‘A poet who is difficult to pigeonhole’, Canberra Times, September 16 2000
Gig Ryan, ‘New Language, displaced words’, The Age 18 July 2000
Barry Hill, ‘Measured Meditations’, Weekend Australian, 15 July 2000
Thomas Shapcott , Australian Book Review, July 2000
Stephanie Bishop, ‘Streetwords’, ‘Out Loud’, The Fine Print: Newsletter of the UTS Writers Group, No. 2 Spring 2001 pp.1 -3.
Van Ikin and Darren Jorgensen, ‘Australia’, Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 2001, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p. 5.
Martin Duwell, (Untitled review of Adam Aitken and Peter Skrzynecki), Heat 15 September 2000
Geoff Page, ‘A poet who is difficult to pigeonhole’, Canberra Times, September 16 2000
Gig Ryan, ‘New Language, displaced words’, The Age 18 July 2000
Barry Hill, ‘Measured Meditations’, Weekend Australian, 15 July 2000
Thomas Shapcott , Australian Book Review, July 2000
J.A. Wainright, ‘Poet re-writes the “empire of signs”’, Antipodes 1998
Jonathan Este ‘Picador New Writing 4’ The Australian’s Review of Books 1997
Martin Duwell, ‘Where Concerns Reside’, The Australian 25 January 1997
‘At Home with New Voices in Australian Poetry’, Ballarat Courier 18 January 1997 p. 34
John Kinsella, ‘Towards a New Canon’, The Australian’s Review of Books 1997
Paul Bradley, ‘Crowded Poetry’, On Dit 1996
Ivor Indyk, ‘A Question of Voice’, Australian Review of Books August 1996
Geoff Page, Review of In One House, Books and Writing, ABC Radio National 6 Sept 1996
Don Anderson, ‘The Frog in the Ecosystem’ 24 Hours ABC Publications 1996
Pam Brown, HEAT No 2 1996
Mandy Sayer, ‘The Pick of the Crop’, The Weekend Review 7 December 1996
Ivor Indyk, ‘Best Books of ‘96’, The Sydney Morning Herald 7 December 1996
Nicholas Jose, ‘Best Books of ‘96’, The Sydney Morning Herald 7 December 1996
Don Anderson, ‘Best Books of ‘96’, The Sydney Morning Herald 7 December 1996
Tim Thorne, The Hobart Mercury, 2 September 1996
Dipti Saravanamuttu, Southerly, 1996
Keith Russell, ‘The Light Touch:Recent Australian Poetry’ Quadrant Jan/Feb 1987
John Irving, ‘Three Poets: Another Achievement for Small Presses’ Australian Book Review 1986
Judith Rodriguez, ‘New Poets Show Power Amid Complexity’, Sydney Morning Herald 1985
ANTHOLOGIES
Contemporary Australian Poets, Puncher and Wattmann, 2016.
Best Australian Poems 2016, Black Ink
Co-editor and contributor, Contemporary Asian-Australian Poets, Puncher and Wattmann 2013.
The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry, ULM books, University of Louisiana, 2013
The Puncher and Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry, edited by John Leonard, Puncher & Wattmann, 2010
The Literature of Australia, W W Norton and Company, 2009
Best Australian Poems 2009, edited by Robert Adamson, Black Inc, 2009
Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature, Centre of Macquarie University PEN, 2009
The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry, edited by John Kinsella, Penguin, 2008
Contemporary Australian Poetry in Chinese Translation, edited by Ouyang Yu and John Kinsella, 2008
Windchimes, Asia in Australian Poetry, Pandanus Poetry, edited by Noel Rowe and Vivian Smith 2006, pp. 211-3
Poets Union Poems About War, http://www.poetsunion.com/PoemsAboutWar.htm
Best Australian Poems 2005, edited by Les Murray, Black Inc, 2005
New Music, Anthology of Australian Poetry, edited by John Leonard, Island Press, 2001
Big Bridge: a Webzine of Poetry, http://www.bigbridge.org/issue9/ozaitken.htm
Landbridge: Australian Contemporary Poetry, edited by John Kinsella, Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Calyx, an Anthology of New Australian Poetry, edited by Peter Minter and Michael Brennan, Craftsman House/Paper Bark Press 2000
New World Tattoo: Newcastle Poetry Prize 1996; Picador New Writing 4 1997
The Night Jar: Newcastle Poetry Prize 1997
Midday Horizon, Round Table Publications 1996
Poetry (Chicago USA) Special Australian Poetry Issue, November 1996
Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems , edited by Jennifer Strauss, 1990
Writers in the Park: The Book, edited by Writers in the Park Committee, 1985
Minute to Midnight: New Writing for Peace and Disarmament edited by Christopher Kelen, 1985
New Pressings, Poetry Australia, 1984.
