Ian McBryde | |
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Born | 1953 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Poet |
Nationality | Australian/Canadian |
Citizenship | Australian |
Genre | Australian Contemporary Poetry |
Ian McBryde is an Australian poet. He was born in 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada but has been a long time Australian resident. [1] He has published ten books of poems and three audio CDs of spoken word poetry and original music [2] [3] A widely admired poet in Australia his most recent, and tenth book, a new and selected publication, was highly anticipated by his contemporaries. We the Mapless: new and selected poems was launched in Melbourne, Australia, at Collected Works Bookshop in February 2017 [4] and at The Queensland Poetry Festival at the Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts in August, 2017. [5]
In addition to writing poetry, McBryde has also painted and sketched, and spent time as a drummer in progressive jazz-rock bands.
McBryde's 2005 book ' Slivers' consists entirely of Monostich style poems that attempt to relate a whole poem in one line. [6]
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Performers on CD: Greg Riddell, keyboards, multisync, samples; Ian McBryde, voice, text, drum sequences.