LATEST NEWS:

  • ‘The shoebox’, a poem, published in Mascara Literary Review

  • thanks to funding from artsACT, On the Edge of the Deep Blue Sea goes into creative development at The Street Theatre, Canberra

  • Blood Muscle, a poetry manuscript, wins the 2026 Flying Islands Manuscript Prize; Blood Muscle will be published in 2027

  • ‘The hardness of bone’, a poem, published in Coastlines

  • Nigel has been awarded a residency in the 2027 Mt Wilson Artist-in-Residence Program

  • ‘Genealogy: 2’, a poem, published in Griffith Review 93: Into the Archive

  • On the Edge of the Deep Blue Sea, a play in development, longlisted for the 26th Patrick White Playwrights Award, Sydney Theatre Company, 2026

  • ‘The second anniversary’, a poem, published in the Australian Poetry Anthology (volume 12, 2025-2026)

  • two poems, ‘Witness’ and ‘Solar array’, published in Locative Magazine

  • review of The Minstrels, a novel by Eva Hornung, published in Guardian Australia

  • ‘Night nectar’, a poem, published in Bodies without Permission, ANARKISS (UK)

  • ‘Year of the snake’, a poem in two parts, published in Lantana, Australia’s newest literary journal

  • ‘Inconvenience’ shortlisted for the 2025 Newcastle Poetry Prize

  • ‘The river’, a poem, published in AC | DC: Journal for the Bent‍ (USA)

  • ‘With your voice, my life begins’, a poem, published in Oystercatcher

  • 'Under the ivy’, a poem, published in Horseshoe Literary Magazine (Canada)

  • ‘How to make a scene’, a poem, published in Meanjin

  • ‘In this moment I am neither’ shortlisted for the 2025 ACU Prize for Poetry

  • ‘What Life is Really Like: on Timothy Conigrave’s Holding the Man’, a reflective review commissioned and published by Kill Your Darlings

  • ‘The garden’, a short story, longlisted for the 2025 Lane Cove Literary Award

  • ‘Shrapnel’, an essay in the zuihitsu form about Anzac Day, published by Griffith Review

  • world premiere of The Story of the Oars, a play with spokenword and music, at The Street Theatre, Canberra, Australia on 19 September 2025 - poster and link below

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JOURNAL:

A play with lyrical monologues and music composed/performed by Jay Cameron, The Story of the Oars is a bold new Australian theatrical work about the repercussions of telling the truth. It’s also an audacious exploration of Australian class, privilege, and the power of place to enchant, repel, and – ultimately – heal.

A Street Produced Professional Theatre Production.

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