The Latest Breaking News from Ern Malley

I am writing this with a pencil – it could be an author’s last line of defence against AI

My habit is quaint, I know, and there are downsides – but for those who value literature, the focus will shift to this: how do we prove we didn’t use AI?

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2025

The greatest poet who never lived – Ern Malley at 80

Eighty years ago, an exciting new poet was published in the modernist literary journal Angry Penguins. Of course, we all know now that Ern Malley was a hoax, so it can be easy to overlook just how blindsided Max Harris, Angry Penguins’ precocious young editor, must have been.

The Conversation · Aug 14, 2024

Poet, editor, publisher, anthologist: John Tranter's influential life in literature

Perhaps more than any Australian poet of the 20th Century, John Tranter, who died last Friday at the age of 79, was guided by a relentless desire to experiment. His earliest admiration was for the French poet Arthur Rimbaud, and he soon discovered John Ashbery, who ultimately became his most…

The Conversation · Apr 26, 2023