Jake Dennis
Author of Poetry
based in WA
Jake Dennis @PoetOfJazz (YouTube, Facebook) is a Burmese-Australian Boorloo-based entertainer (singer, poet, actor), carer, and educator. JD’s prize-winning poetry has been published in over 100 publications across eighteen countries. A Writing WA, WestWords, and Curtin University alumnus awarded residencies by the City of Swan, KSP Writers Centre, and WA Poets Inc, Jake Dennis created Poetry Lovers Perth to support people from diverse disadvantaged backgrounds.
A sensitive poet of insight, musicality, and heart, Jake Dennis is the author of the Noel Rowe Poetry Award-shortlisted collection Journeying (Fremantle Press, 2027), a searing indictment of racism and celebration of art and love, and the Flying Islands Manuscript Prize-shortlisted Praying for Butterflies, a tender and delicate elegy exploring illness and faith. His ekphrastic and haiku QPoetry! chapbooks The Exhibition and Gone were exhibited at Queensland’s Judith Wright Arts Centre.
Jake Dennis, a passionate, endearing, and hard-working creative professional who captivates audiences with heartfelt performances, is also a soulful jazz/pop/blues vocalist with ‘charm, a fine voice, and an impressive vocal range’ (Australian Stage). A successful cabaret producer-performer for WA’s best venues, this dynamic arts festival guest is a greatly in-demand workshop facilitator, MC/interviewer, and panellist. #PoetOfJazz brings industry-level experience and quality to every project. https://www.PoetOfJazz.com/.
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This author holds a Working with Children Check (WWCC).
