Andrew Lansdown is a widely published, award-winning writer who has published three novels, two short story collections, two children’s poetry collections and 10 poetry collections. His most recent poetry collections are: Birds in mind: Australian nature poems (Wombat Books, 2009), and The colour of life (in Two poets, with Kevin Gillam; Fremantle Press, 2011). A new collection, Inadvertent things: poems in traditional Japanese forms, is scheduled for publication by Walleah Press later this year. His website is: andrewlansdown.com