Mark Mordue
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Mark Mordue

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Mark Mordue is a Sydney-based writer, rock journalist, poet and editor. He won the 2010 Pascall Prize for Australian Critic of the Year. He has also received a 1992 Human Rights Media Award for his journalism, and the 1994 Women and the Media Award. His travel book, 'Dastgah: Diary of a Headtrip', was published in Australia (Allen & Unwin, 2001) and the USA (Hawthorne Books, 2004). Film director Wim Wenders acclaimed it as the first book of its kind to take the road genre “into the 21st century”. He was 2001 Asialink Australian Writer-in-Residence at Beijing University and has taught narrative writing and literary journalism at the University of Sydney and the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). A draft novel developed for his M.A. in Writing (by Research) at UTS is being rewritten with a view to publication next year. Mark has also been Editor of two leading arts, culture and fashion publications in Australia: Stiletto (2015-16) and Australian Style (1992-97). He was also Guest Editor of the literary journal, Meanjin's 'On Rock ‘n’ Roll' issue (November 2006). And, most recently, Editor of the innovative Sydney inner city newspaper, Neighbourhood (2016-2018). Mark Mordue's first book of poetry, 'Darlinghurst Funeral Rites', was published in Australia (Transit Lounge Books, 2018) and the USA (Reprobate/GobQ, 2019). His latest collection of poetry is called 'Via Us: Poems From Inside the Corona'. He is currently developing a biographical work on Nick Cave.
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