David Stavanger

About David Stavanger

David Stavanger – and his bent alter ego Ghostboy – are the Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde of Australian poetry. These two artists in the one skin have become known for their distinct work on both the page and the stage. Following being offered an Arts QLD Grant, his first book & CD “Station to Station” was released in 2006. The lastest book “And the Ringmaster Said…” was released through Small Change Press (2008), the independent South-East QLD imprint he co-started in 2006. Ghostboy won the Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup (2005), establishing him as one of Australia’s most innovative performance poets. A live hybrid of beat performance poetry, spoken weird theatre, & surrealist soundscapes Ghostboy has been a feature at many major festivals including the Brisbane Writers Festival, Sydney Writers Festival, Tasmanian Poetry Festival, Broken Hill Poetry, Woodford Folk Festival, QLD Poetry Festival and NightWords at the Sydney Opera House. “An original and provocative voice from Brisbane, David Stavanger offers a poetry imbued with a keen sense of the wasted beauty and beguiling horror of modern life” Max Ryan, Famous Reporter (Book Review).