Cirrus@Austlit

'Jack Oats (aka Baker) is a man of all trades. Under various pseudonyms, he's been a teacher, builder, folk singer, ornithologist, conservation biologist, bureaucrat, father, grandfather and husband. Years ago, he published lots of science and tried to save the Eastern Bristlebird from extinction. For more than a decade, Jack Oats has made short fictional and factual word creations as part of the Recovery Plan for the Semi-colon. Now he aspires to be reincarnated as a Sea Eagle. As with his earlier books of poetry, this third collection pokes fun, casts doubts, evokes anger, brings tears, celebrates Australia's natural and cultural heritage, shares hope, shows gratitude, gives love.' (Publication summary)

'Jack Oats (aka Baker) is a man of all trades. Under various pseudonyms, he has been a teacher, ornithologist, conservation biologist, bureaucrat, father, grandfather and husband. He has published lots of science and years ago, he managed Biodiversity Conservation Science for the NSW Department of Environment and Conservation. Nowadays, Jack Oats makes short fictional and factual word creations as part of the Recovery Plan for the Semi-colon. In this, his first published collection of poetry, he pokes fun, casts doubts, celebrates Australia’s natural heritage, shares hope and gives love.'  (Publication summary)

'The South Coast Writers Centre, in collaboration with the Black Wallaby Writers Group and the Junee Correctional Centre, has conducted workshops with Indigenous inmates since 2012. Now in its third year of publishing selections from these workshops, The SCWC presents Dreaming Inside Volume 3. This volume comprises a larger collection of Aboriginal inmate writing than ever before, allowing insights into the writers’ dreams, songs and reflections. Black Wallaby tutors Aunty Barbara Nicholson and John Muk Muk Burke return with contributions of new poems, along with guest tutor, Jack Oats. This anthology hopes to bring the Indigenous voices from the inside, hoping to inspire writing on the outside' (Publication summary)