Brentley Frazer

Who is Brentley Frazer?

Brentley Frazer is a contemporary Australian poet/writer. Raised in Queensland, his poems, short stories and other written works have been published in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, U.K, France and Slovenia. A multitude of his poems, paintings and photographs can be found on his website, http://www.brentley.com

Brentley has been a guest at numerous literary festivals, poetry readings and culture conserves, including: The Sydney Poetry Festival, Brisbane Writers Festival, The Wellington International Poetry Festival, The Oxfam Bookfest in London and "Spoken" at the State Library of Queensland.

Frpm 2001-2013 Frazer was publisher and editor of Retort Magazine http://www.retortmagazine.com and is a co-founder of The Vision Area and a founding member of the Brisbane spoken word event Speed Poets. In 2006 he completed a MA at James Cook University under the supervision of Lindsay Simpson. Currently he is a PhD Candidate at Griffith University under the supervision of Nigel Krauth and the poet Anthony Lawrence.