Man Bites Dog

Adam Ford takes posties, poets and a big bad dog and delivers us a story full of deft observations, real humour and exactly the right amount of everyday human frailty. I know these people so well now, I'm convinced I've already had a drink with them.
                             —Nick Earls (Zig Zag Street, The Thompson Gunner)

A story of postal delivery, zines, poetry readings, crap television, failed romance and the problems that can be caused by a big bad dog. Recipient of Honourable Mention in the Young Adult category of the 2003 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards; included in the 2004 Children's Book Council Notable Books for Older Readers; winner, Best Designed Young Adult Book in Australian Publishing Association Awards, 2004; runner up in the 2005 One Book, One Brisbane award.

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• The Godlings
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Not Quite the Man for the Job

Poems about space-whales, superheroes, bicycles, frisbees, talking grapes, fucked-up goldfish and concrete fairies. Winner of the 1998 REACT Top Young Adult Read award; nominee for Age Poetry Book of the Year, 1998.

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• Comic interpretations (coming soon)

From My Head

An earlier collection of poems, the best of which ended up in Not Quite the Man for the Job.

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