Alan James migrated from South Africa to Western Australia in 1992.
He lives at present in Perth. While still living in Cape Town,
where he was a lecturer in business law as well as a writer,
he founded and edited a poetry magazine UpStream,
set up and managed a small poetry publishing trust,
and wrote reviews of poetry collections.
Previous, South African, collections of his work include:
At a Railhalt (Bateleur Press, 1981)
Producing the Landscape (UpStream, 1987)
Morning near Genadendal (Snailpress, 1992)
Ferry to Robben Island (Eyeball Press, 1996)
The First Bushman’s Path: stories, songs and
testimonies of the /Xam of the northern
Cape: versions, with commentary
(University of Natal Press, 2001)
Versions of several of the poems on this website
were first published in Morning near Genadendal
and Ferry to Robben Island. Elements of some poems
have been taken over from poems in those collections.
CONTACT ADDRESS
alanjamespoems@gmail.com
or use the following link
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