Pass it Along

Brendan Bonsack is a poet and songwriter from Melbourne, Australia. His written work has featured in Australian and European festivals, including the Melbourne Writers Festival and White Night, and the UNESCO Poems on the Walls project in Poland. He was a resident public transport poet in the 2016 Moreland City MoreArt Festival, and shortlisted for the XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word at the 2017 Queensland Poetry Festival. He is included in the audio journal, Audacious II, and on film at Moving Poems. Brendan makes regular appearances at local spoken word events and was runner up in the 2015 Melbourne Spoken Word Prize. He has performed as feature poet at La Mama Poetica, The Eltham Courthouse, The Dan O'Connell Hotel, and as supporting feature for US touring poet, Madison Mae Parker. He has produced six books of poetry, including a collaborative work with poets from coastal Australia and the USA. This book includes selected works from those publications, as well as new pieces in 2017.