Joel Deane

About
reading. About
thinking about what I am reading. About
talking about what I am reading. About
thinking about what other people are saying about what they are reading. About
talking about what other people are thinking about what they are reading. About
reading about what other people are writing about what they are thinking and saying about
what they are reading. About
writing about what I think and say about and other people say and think about
what I and they and they and I are reading. About
reading.

Joel Deane is the senior speechwriter for the Premier of Victoria, Steve Bracks. His first collection of poetry, Subterranean Radio Songs (Interactive Press, 2005), was shortlisted for the Anne Elder Award. He has also published a novel, Another (IP, 2004).