About Me

Author, poet, partially functional human.

Josh Donellan is an author, poet, musician, installation artist, teacher and events manager. He was almost devoured by a tiger in the jungles of Malaysia, nearly died of a lung collapse in the Nepalese Himalayas, fended off a pack of rabid dogs with a guitar in the mountains of India and was sexually harassed by a half-naked man whilst standing next to Oscar Wilde’s grave in Paris.

He completed his first novel at the age of seventeen and wrote and independently distributed his second, What Rhymes With Chaos?, via the web last year. In 2008 he was chosen as the only QLD finalist in the National Youth Week Writer’s competition and has had poetry/installation work exhibited at the prestigious Brisbane powerhouse. His debut wide release novel 'A Beginner's Guide to Dying in India' will be released later this year. He is also one of the head coordinators of the 4C arts collective which raises money for community causes through events that showcase the talents of Brisbane based artists.

He has an unnatural fondness for scrabble and an irrational dislike of frangipanis.