Brentley Frazer is a Artist who lives in Melbourne, Australia. His literary work has appeared in many of the worlds most reputable magazines, journals and anthologies. Brentley’s first major collection of poems and microtexts A Dark Samadhi was published in early 2003 by PC Press to critical acclaim. His paintings have been exhibited in many group and several solo exhibitions since 1995.

Brentley also writes freelance for several online and print publications. his interviews/review of artists and writers have been published by Pixel Surgeon Magazine, Antipoda Magazine and Cordite Magazine among others.

Recent guest appearances include The Wellington Poetry Festival (New Zealand) October 2004 Straight Out of Brisbane litFest (Dec 2003) HardPoets Tour Melbourne (Oct 2003) Brisbane Writers Festival (Oct 2003) National Poetry Week (Sep 2003) Queensland Poetry Festival (Sep 2003) Brisbane Artists Directory (August 2003) ABC Radio (June 2003) 4RPH (May 2003)

An interview/review in The Courier Mail Friday September 12 2003 (Brisbane Australia)

The Critics say:

Brentley has precise nightmares in prose! We fear them. - Exquisite Corpse Journal of Letters


as a poet and founding editor of online literary and art journal Retort Magazine, Frazer has gained an international reputation as one of the most innovative of contemporary writers... ~ The Courier Mail Brisbane Australia

a literary genius… ~ Prat Magazine

a word politician and master of communication deconstruction and reinvention... ~ PoeticInhalation.com Washington DC USA

There was a time not so long ago when I didn’t believe poetry of such tragic intensity and mercurial wit would ever be written (let alone published) in this nation of kitchen bards. ~ The Red Room Project Sydney Australia

I think it goes without saying that there are some people--and in many cases they can be theoretically cultured, regular readers of both poetry and prose--who aren't willing to take the kinds of journeys or to give themselves over to the liquidification of conventional thought patterns that Brentley Frazer's work provokes. - Kris Saknussemm

A Dark Samadhi is Philip K Dick melded with Andre Breton; a Rimbaud modified to produce the diaspora of Ballard. This is a post-surreal, techno-lingual savvy text that uses the oppressor’s corporatist and jingle-laden language against them. - Brett Dionysius

Read an Interview with Brentley
Interviewed by VibeWire July 2003
Interview/Review @ getunderground.com

Brentley is complex... subversive... talented. There is a strong theoretical background to his work and it is easy to miss what he is doing because of the seamlessness of his product. Jayne Fenton Keane - Director National Poetry Week 2003

- your words are the most beautiful thing I have ever read. - Arisensilently a reader, -India

- got your book - You're a fucking genius. It's mind-blowing shit! Paul Wrigley -Artist, Australia

"An Anarchist burns the Verandah" is a brilliant poem -Janet Buck -USA six time Pushcart nominated Poet

Brentley Frazer may not be a name that has graced international bestseller lists as yet, but in A Dark Samadhi he is revealed as one of the greatest writing talents of our time. - Prat Magazine Issue #1 Feb 2003 Australia

-the themes are wonderfully understated and unemotional, although the topics are often violent, Some images are heavy but still it reads from far away, like Orwell's "the land that never was" Brentley is a master of this genre, and handles his craft very subtly. He rarely steps forward to scream. Somehow, it seems unemotional and serene.
Robert Smith Author: Confessions of a Bunny Rabbit from Hell. Canada 2002

Clever. Ethereal. Medical. Evil. Brilliant. Beautiful. Grimy. Pornographic. Low-brow Art. High Porno. Vaginal. Manifesto. Poem. Talk to me...Mr. Frazer is a poetic, naive, scared, remarkable, spartan Writer with a gift for description, a style similar to Clive Barker and more than a passing similarity to William S. Burroughs' inculcation (,i.e.: "but strange clear suckers filled with black blood and decorated wings like paisley, vast wings sought after religiously by taxidermists..."), and Charles Bukowski( See: Entire ouevre)...and that ain't bad. Looking forward to reading more from this strange, erudite, neo-literate oddball. Bob Freville Staff Writer GetUnderground.com USA

Frazer's text teeters on the thin line between consensus reality and insanity, flirts with the postmodern nightmare. Adam Pettet: Assistant Director Queensland Poetry Festival 1997-2000

Brentley's poems are scriptures of modern despair and dark sexuality that invite the reader/voyuer to participate in an exploration of the self. Brett Dionysius : Director Queensland Poetry Festival 1996-2001

Brentley Frazer is the Salvadore Dali of modern texts...It would appear, that his pespectives are shrouded in a guise of cannibal techniques...all contrasts eat themselves... We, all of us stay receptive to the strange: genius sublime.
-Fakie Wilde - Author of Pox & the Forthcoming Xonnox

Brentley's images are startling and mysterious, which makes one read over and over, searching for the true meaning (or meanings.)
Kristen Biss, Editor Voices Literary Magazine

Written Art in these notable publications:

A poem in the Times New Roman anthology published and edited by Todd Swift (Paris)
more info download the book [.pdf]

The Moosehead Anthology X DC BOOKS (CANADA)
Rattapallax Magazine Issue 12 NYC USA
In the Criminals Cabinet NthPosition Press Paris/London
THE SECOND WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL ANTHOLOGY New Zealand
JAAM 21 "Greatest Hits", An Anthology of Writing 1984-2004 New Zealand
TIMES NEW ROMAN - POETS OPPOSE 21ST CENTURY EMPIRE NthPosition Press Paris/London
BEST OF SPEEDPOETS 2003 ANTHOLOGY Australia
Short Fuse (New York USA) 
fusebox (NYC USA). . . forthcoming (oct 2003)
Hutt (Australia)
3AM Magazine (Paris)
nthposition, (London/Paris)
Identity Theory (Chicago USA)
Get Underground (Los Angeles USA)
Journey into Her published by GU::TEXT::
JackMagazine (Veruna Beach Calif. U.S.A)
Tiger Magazine (Tokyo Japan)

Paper Tiger Media 2
The Stalking Tongue (Sydney Australia)
Tiger Magazine (TOKYO Japan) [ISSUE19 2002]
Exquisite Corpse (U.S.A) Issue #10
Subversions (Brisbane Australia)
Paper Tiger Media (Brisbane Australia)
Small Packages Edition #3 (Brisbane Australia)
Ken *Again Literary Magazine (New York USA)
Voices Literary Magazine (USA)
RetortMagazine (Brisbane Australia)
Sidewalk 2, 3, 4, 6 (Adelaide Australia)
Portraits/Life Anthology (USA Society of Poets)
Grim Reapers Harvest ( Australia) PRINT
eCLIPS (Brisbane Australia)
Kangaroo (Armidale NSW Australia)
On the wall (Brisbane Australia)
AnomalyBlvd (NY USA)

Guest Artist at:

Brisbane Writers Festival 2003
National Poetry Week 2003
Quensland Poetry Festival 2003
BAD @ Rics August 2003
Liquid Reality January 2003
Straight out of Brisbane Festival 2002
Queensland Poetry Festival 2002
SpeedPoets 2002
The Stalking Tongue Institute of Modern Art 2002
Sub:Verse Poetry Festval 2001
New + Selected 2002
Fuck Art Wheres the Beer? 2001
4zzz Radio on air reading 2000
Queensland Poetry Festival 2000
No Boundaries 2000
The Vision Area 99
Queensland Poetry Festival 99
Queensland Poetry Festival 98
National Young Writers Festival 98 (Australia)
Brisbane Fringe Writers Festival 94-96
Regional Poetry Festival 95, Griffith Unversity

and at numerous bars, cafes, nightclubs, restaurants, art galleries, street stages, corners, dark alleys and rooftops inbetween.

all material on this website unless otherwsie specified © Brentley Frazer