Gold Coast 2002

Years before he built his name as a science fiction and fantasy author Peter M. Ball was a young poet and member of the Gold Coast's Post Hoc Performing Word collective building a profile with publications in venerable magazines such as Overland and performances at writer's festivals around Australia. Gold Coast 2002 collects 24 poems capturing life as a permanent resident of Australia's most notorious tourist destination bringing them into print for the first time in 20 years.