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JOHN JENKINS
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john followed immediately without any spaces by dot(.) then by jenkx1 then @gmail.com
Most recent update: MAY 2020:
About: Here, the emphasis is on my newest writing projects, works in progress and recent publications.
John Jenkins is a widely published Australian writer of poetry, short fiction, essays and general non-fiction.
He is presently working on a number of projects, some listed on this site.
His new collection of poetry Poems Far and Wide has now been published by leading literary publisher Puncher & Wattmann.
See: https://puncherandwattmann.com/books/book/poems-far-and-wide/ (where my book is now listed). And: https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/poems-far-and-wide/
For more details: see Latest Posts and Publications and Poetry sections of this website!
John is also working on a collection of short stories. For details, see the Short Stories section of this website.
He has lived and worked in several countries, taught masterclasses at home and overseas, and won a number of prestigious literary awards. He was born in Melbourne, and lived in Sydney from 1974 to 1978 before returning to his home city. A former journalist, now living on the rural fringe of Melbourne, John has worked extensively in both commercial and literary magazine publishing, on metro and local newspapers, some radio and a little TV. He has also worked as a teacher, book editor and sessional academic.
He is the author, editor, co-author or co-editor of 24 books.
Readers, please explore the menu options and various categories. I hope you find them interesting. Also look for free sound files, below.
Cheers, John
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The Four (and a half) Seasons. Free Download. Over the years, I have dabbled a little in music and song writing. And interested people can download eight sound files here, for free:
They are parts of a piece I have titled The Four (and a half) Seasons. I composed this work quite recently, and it contains natural sounds sampled from my place in Kangararoo Ground, Victoria. Firstly, I played the piano parts on an acoustic piano; next, I treated them electronically; and finally combined the treated piano with the natural sounds I had recorded. Two of the eight sections also contain fragments of sampled and treated recordings from other players/musicians (one from Oz composer Syd Clayton; while another has treated parts of a Tchaikovsky symphony). The parts of my Four (and a half) Seasons for you to download, are as follows: 1. Slow shimmer in summer, frogs, birds, piano. 2. Autumn warm to cool. 3. Syd Clayton and winter rain. 4. Spring, the tempo quickens. 5. Summer night, piano, eagle cry. 6. Summer evening calls, sampled and treated vinyl, crickets. 7. If it quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck... 8. Slow shimmer in summer, returning.
Notes: For those who have asked... my home page pic was taken from a balcony overlooking terraced high country of Sapa, Vietnam, about 350 km north of Hanoi, while on a week-long and very enjoyable walk.
CONTACT
Email:
john followed immediately without any spaces by dot(.) then by jenkx1 then @gmail.com
Postal Address:
C/- Post Office
Kangaroo Ground
Victoria 3097 Australia.
Kanga at birdbath pic: JJ