Cirrus@Austlit

Keith Shadwick was born in England and migrated to Australia with his family as a child. He attended Wollongong High School and the University of Sydney. While at university he co-edited Dodo, a Questionable Quarterly with Elizabeth Butel (whom he would later marry for a time) and Tom Thompson (qq.v.).

Shadwick was a member of various jazz and rock groups; he also worked as a music writer and critic. He published one volumne of poetry while resident in Australia and several more following his return to England.

Source: Martin Armiger and Jon Newey, 'Poet and Writer Revealed Music's Hidden Delights', Sydney Morning Herald, (8 October 2008): 14.