Harry Laing

Harry Laing is a poet, comic performer and children's author. 'Time of Fire', his most recent collection (Bunda Press, 2023) is an electrifying, rare, poetic insight into the catastrophic bushfires in SE Australia in 2019/2020. His previous collections of poetry are 'Thirst' (1993), 'Backbone' (2010) and 'unsettled' (2021). Harry is a dynamic and exciting performer and has given many public readings and performances of his poetry. Harry is in demand as a guest author in schools and frequently...See more

Harry Laing is a poet, comic performer and children's author. 'Time of Fire', his most recent collection (Bunda Press, 2023) is an electrifying, rare, poetic insight into the catastrophic bushfires in SE Australia in 2019/2020. His previous collections of poetry are 'Thirst' (1993), 'Backbone' (2010) and 'unsettled' (2021). Harry is a dynamic and exciting performer and has given many public readings and performances of his poetry. Harry is in demand as a guest author in schools and frequently performs his poetry for audiences of hundreds of school children. His books for children are: 'Shoctopus' (2015), 'MoonFish' (2019) and 'RapperBee' (2021). He lives on 115 acres in the Southern Tablelands of NSW, Australia. See less