Tim Sinclair – February 21 2021

Tim is a poet and verse novelist. He also moonlights as a freelance editor for his own micropress Cottage Industry, and is the poetry editor of PAN Magazine. Tim has worked for not-for-profit literary organisations SA Writers’ Centre (Adelaide), Poets House (New York) and in communications at Australian Society of Authors (Sydney). He is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing, exploring young adult post-apocalyptic fiction. Tim’s other works include Vapour Trails and Brothers of the Head, a CD collaboration with Ben Winch, part concept album, part verse novel, inspired by the Brian Aldiss novel of the same name. His short-story-in-verse, ‘Ice-Cream Headache’, is included in Show You Things a Map Won’t Show You, edited by Pam MacIntyre and Susan La Marca. Tim has also published a paperback poetry collection, Re:reading the dictionary, a word-nerd’s homage to (a wee fraction of) the English language, an ebook themed around the oddness of the dictionary.

Run [Verse novel]
Penguin, 2013; ISBN 9780143567684
Young adult
Dee lives for parkour, and the alternate worlds he invents to escape his mundane life. He knows the city better than anyone-the hidden spaces at night, the views that no one else sees, from heights no one else can scale. With parkour, he’s not running away. He’s free. But just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. And soon Dee is running for his life, running for real. Run is an unmissable, paranoid thriller – genre fiction meets literary verse novel.

Nine Hours North [Verse novel]
Penguin, 2006; ISBN 9780143003762
Young adult
“Nine Hours North tells the bittersweet story of 21-year-olds Sarah and Adam, together for four years, now living in Nagoya, Japan, nine hours north of Australia. They have planned a cycling tour of Hokkaido before setting off for a few months in Europe. Before they leave, Marianne, an old acquaintance of Sarah’s, comes to stay for a while with the two of them. However, it is Adam who takes a shine to her and sees in Marianne all the things he’s missing. This is a touching novel told in verse which looks at relationships, growing and changing against the backdrop of a foreign country and customs. It is about moving forward, facing challenges and making decisions.” – Stephen, iprimus.com review