Adam Ford Adam Ford i(A20284 works by) (a.k.a. Adam Ross Ford)
Born: Established: 1972 Ballarat, Ballarat area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 The Day After i "The war is won. There is nothing", Adam Ford , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 September no. 110 2023;
1 The Beginning of the End of the World! i "You chased us across the galaxy.", Adam Ford , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 September no. 110 2023;
1 … the Extraterrestrials! i "The light from her eyes", Adam Ford , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 September no. 110 2023;
1 Choosing Sides i "the kiss catches", Adam Ford , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 September no. 110 2023;
1 And a Child Shall Deceive Them! i "There’s a storm in the sky made", Adam Ford , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 September no. 110 2023;
1 Peril, Thy Name Is Plunderer! i "She remembers the way the flashlight", Adam Ford , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 September no. 110 2023;
1 Dog Day Afternoon! i "He sits quietly, his hand still warm", Adam Ford , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 September no. 110 2023;
1 Arrival! i "It’s classic meet-cute. He’s a seven-foot cyborg on", Adam Ford , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 June no. 105 2022;
1 David Hunt, Girt Nation Adam Ford , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 4-10 December 2021;
— Review of Girt Nation : The Unauthorised History of Australia Vol. 3 David Hunt , 2021 single work non-fiction

'Girt Nation is the third volume of David Hunt’s Unauthorised History of Australia, following on from 2013’s Girt and 2016’s True Girt. The series is ostensibly a wry retelling of the history of Australia, with volume three covering the decades between the 1850s gold rush and Federation in 1901.' (Introduction)
1 I Can't Make a Living i "out of watching butterflies", Adam Ford , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 240 2020; (p. 60)
1 Pat Grant, The Grot Adam Ford , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 29 August - 4 September 2020;
— Review of The Grot Pat Grant , 2018 series - author graphic novel
1 Book Review : Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery, Allen & Unwin Adam Ford , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , May 2019;
— Review of Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery Renée Treml , 2019 single work children's fiction graphic novel

'An engaging, funny and charming graphic novel for children that provides education and entertainment in equal measure.'
1 Adam Ford Reviews Rae White’s Milk Teeth and Anders Villani’s Aril Wire Adam Ford , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 15 August no. 92 2019;
— Review of Milk Teeth Rae White , 2018 selected work poetry ; Aril Wire Anders Villani , 2018 selected work poetry

'Poetry debuts are not necessarily juvenilia. The vagaries of poetry publishing mean that by the time a poet’s first collection is published they often are, at least by some standards, emerging fully formed, able and ready to demonstrate their skill to a willing audience.'  (Introduction)
1 As I Lay Dying i "It takes chutzpah or maybe just desperation", Adam Ford , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 39 2018; (p. 37-41)
1 8-Bit Rainbows i "Nyan! Across the deep blue sky I ride on 8-bit rainbows!", Adam Ford , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 77 no. 1 2017;
1 Thursday Morning i "On one side of the window there's me", Adam Ford , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 62 no. 1 2017; (p. 184)
1 I’m Worried That My Increasingly Complex Shower Masturbation Routine Is Unethical Because of The Amount of Water I Use i "I use thirst as a guide to how much to drink.", Adam Ford , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 57 2017;
1 That Was Mars the Other Night I’m Sure of It i "bright as a bicycle tail light at 4am beside", Adam Ford , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Seizure [Online] , March 2016;
1 After the Beep i "They say for the message to get", Adam Ford , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Summer no. 16 2016; (p. 133)
1 Anti-RomCom Pop Song i "the girl that I like doesn't like me", Adam Ford , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 5 no. 1 2015; (p. 87)
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