Mike Ladd is a poet, essayist and reviewer. He has published ten collections of poetry and prose, including the natural history haibun Karrawirra Parri, Walking the Torrens from Source to Sea (2012) and Dream Tetras (2022) an experimental collaboration with visual artist Cathy Brooks. Mike worked for ABC Radio for nearly forty years and was the editor of Radio National’s Poetica program. His new and selected poems Now Then (2025) is published by Wakefield Press.

Hosted by Tyler Jackson Chappell

This conversation was recorded on the land of the Karuna people of the Adelaide plains.

Links:

Mike at Friendly Street Poets

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