Todd Turner is an Australian poet
and master goldsmith.
He is the author of three collections
of poetry, including his latest, Breathwork,
which launches at Keats House, London,
in October 2026. His poems
are anthologised and published widely,
appearing in prominent journals
such as The Madrid Review;
Meanjin; Overland; Southword;
and Poetry London.
A co-winner of the Jean Cecily
Drake-Brockman Prize, his debut
collection was shortlisted for both
the Dame Mary Gilmore Award
and the Anne Elder Award.
His work has also been highly
commended for the Blake
and Newcastle Poetry Prizes,
with Robert Gray naming him
an outstanding poet of his generation.
Books
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Woodsmoke
In Todd Turner’s Woodsmoke (2014) memory is a potent force at work. His ability to delight and disturb, often within the one line, gives these poems a vibrant, edgy quality that leaves us with a sense of heightened expectancy and urgency.
Anthony Lawrence -
Thorn
Todd Turner’s Thorn (2019) mines the relationship between the earth and the things which populate it, musing on their motives and daily moves. Thorn is a welcome reminder that despite chaos some things go on, perhaps without fanfare or seeming purpose, but steadily and beautifully.
Caitlin Wilson -
Breathwork
Breathwork (2026) is as masterful as it is resonant with the hard-won wisdom of a poet deeply attuned to the shaping forces of grief, trauma and suffering and to the corrective powers of love and belonging.
Judith Beveridge
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