MARTIN HARRISON was founding producer of ABC Radio Art in the 1980s and presented the writers’ program Books and Writing. He has written extensively for radio and is a widely-published poet. He has also published a collection of essays about contemporary poetry and the practice of writing, Who Wants to Create Australia? and Other Essays. He is currently the recipient of an Established Writer’s Fellowship from the Australia Council; and teaches writing, sound and radio at the University of Technology, Sydney.