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Introduction	Tug Dumbly / Geoffrey Forrester Bio Tug Dumbly is the name, and sometimes Albatross, of Geoffrey Forrester, a poet who has worked widely in live venues, schools, and radio. As a performer, he ran some seminal spoken word nights in Sydney, including the legendary Bardflys. He has performed his poems and songs as a weekly radio guest on Triple J and ABC radio (on programs hosted by James Valentine and Richard Glover), as well as writing and recording his ABC-syndicated culture and current affairs satire The Tug Report. He has released two spoken word CDs through the ABC, once won the Spirit of Woodford storytelling award, twice won the Banjo Paterson Prize, and three times won the Nimbin Performance Poetry Cup. His work has appeared in the Australian, Canberra Times, Southerly, Australian Poetry Journal and The Blue Nib. In 2020 he had two poems shortlisted for the Newcastle Poetry Prize, for which he was also shortlisted in 2019. In 2020 he won the Borranga Poetry Prize and was runner up in the WB Yeats Poetry Prize. In 2019 he was longlisted (2nd time) for the Vice Chancellor’s Poetry Prize. His first poetry book, Son Songs, came out through Flying Islands Books in 2018.

Introduction

Tug Dumbly / Geoffrey Forrester Bio Tug Dumbly is the name, and sometimes Albatross, of Geoffrey Forrester, a poet who has worked widely in live venues, schools, and radio. As a performer, he ran some seminal spoken word nights in Sydney, including the legendary Bardflys. He has performed his poems and songs as a weekly radio guest on Triple J and ABC radio (on programs hosted by James Valentine and Richard Glover), as well as writing and recording his ABC-syndicated culture and current affairs satire The Tug Report. He has released two spoken word CDs through the ABC, once won the Spirit of Woodford storytelling award, twice won the Banjo Paterson Prize, and three times won the Nimbin Performance Poetry Cup. His work has appeared in the Australian, Canberra Times, Southerly, Australian Poetry Journal and The Blue Nib. In 2020 he had two poems shortlisted for the Newcastle Poetry Prize, for which he was also shortlisted in 2019. In 2020 he won the Borranga Poetry Prize and was runner up in the WB Yeats Poetry Prize. In 2019 he was longlisted (2nd time) for the Vice Chancellor’s Poetry Prize. His first poetry book, Son Songs, came out through Flying Islands Books in 2018.