Gareth Sion Jenkins

Gareth is a poet, artist, editor and publisher.

 

Gareth’s first poetry collection was published by Five Islands Press in 2019. Recipes for the Disaster, won the Anne Elder Award and was Highly Commended in the Mary Gilmore Prize.

 

His poetry short-films have screened at festivals around the world and he exhibits text-based art and immersive multimedia installations.

 

In 2020 Gareth founded the archive and small press Apothecary Archive.

 

Gareth’s doctorate focused on writers and artmakers who experience mental illness, particularly schizophrenia. Gareth selected and edited The Toy of the Spirit - the collected works of the prolific artmaker Anthony Mannix published in 2019. This was done in close collaboration with Anthony.

 

Gareth’s second book, The Inclination Compass, a multimedia poetic narrative, was published in August 2023 with Puncher and Wattman. Gareth works in community engagement and teaches creative writing at Macquarie University.