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Tim
Slade

Tim Slade is a poet from lutruwita/Tasmania. He was long-listed for the 2022 Tim Thorne Prize for Poetry for his debut collection, "The Walnut Tree" (2021, Bright South). Tim’s poems have been widely published and broadcast, including for the ABC’s Radio National, Australian Poetry Anthology and The Weekend Australian. In 2018, his poem "Teacup of the Rose" was shortlisted for the Margaret Reid International Poetry Prize. Tim Slade grew up in Hobart, but since 2009 has lived in Pioneer/tebrakunna country, in Tasmania’s north-east. For more information, see tim-slade.jimdosite.com


Tim Slade is a poet from lutruwita/Tasmania. He was long-listed for the 2022 Tim Thorne Prize for Poetry for his debut collection, "The Walnut Tree" (2021, Bright South). Tim’s poems have been widely published and broadcast, including for the ABC’s Radio National, Australian Poetry Anthology and The Weekend Australian. In 2018, his poem "Teacup of the Rose" was shortlisted for the Margaret Reid International Poetry Prize. Tim Slade grew up in Hobart, but since 2009 has lived in Pioneer/tebrakunna country, in Tasmania’s north-east. For more information, see tim-slade.jimdosite.com


Poet's Corner

A Tasmanian Surfer

by Tim Slade
02 Dec 2023

Somewhere in the world, somebody is surfing a wave …

We pay our respects to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people as the traditional and original owners and continuing custodians of lutruwita, and acknowledge elders past and present.

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