New Poets

New Fremantle Poets is a celebration of three fascinating and distinct new voices from the West.  The volume showcases the considerable talents of emerging Western Australian poets Scott-Patrick Mitchell, J.P. Quinton and Emma Rooksby.The editor, award-winning poet Tracy Ryan, said the book combines 'three quite different works, extremely diverse in tone and approach'.

Emma Rooksby is a former academic and public servant. She is based at the Australian Agency for International Development in Canberra. Scott-Patrick Mitchell is a poet and writer. He is a journalist for OUTinPerth and his poetry and fiction have been featured in Interactive Geographies, Lines of Wisdom, Red Leaves, and Through the Clock’s Working. He is the editor of MoTHER [has words…]. J. P. Quinton is the author of Death Near a River, Little River, and Young River Water. He has been featured in Cottonmouth and Westerly. Tracy Ryan is a former editor, community journalist, and professor. She is the author of Scar Revision and Sweet.