Patrick is a writer, editor and outdoor guide based in Melbourne, Australia. When he’s not writing, he’s walking; either across countries or to his local pub.

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Selected writing

Newsletter | People & Places

Stories about people, places, and the former doing cool shit in the latter. Read it here.

Short stories

The Museum of Broken Relationships
Winner of the Stuart Hadow Short Story Prize (2022)

Highway to Heal
Third place in the Stuart Hadow Short Story Prize (2022)

Blitzkrieg
Winner of the Stuart Hadow Short Story Prize (2020)
Judge’s report

Dead Weight
Published in Heart: an anthology (2023)
Mansfield Readers & Writers Festival

The Manly Thing
Published in Suspiria: an anthology (2019). Clover Press.

Elsie’s Swim Club
Longlisted for the Lane Cove Literary Award (2021)

Profiles and interviews

How the Icelandic hot dog became an international icon
Published on The Good Times, by Intrepid Travel (2023)

Intrepid leader Phurba Sherpa on mountains, mindset and creating memorable moments
Published on The Good Times, by Intrepid Travel (2022)

Creating beauty from brutality: the Zambian artists repurposing wildlife traps as jewellery
Published on Adventure.com (2023)

Money talks: how can you donate to have the most climate impact?
Published by WorkForClimate (2021)

Scripts

Artist residencies

Mattie Furphy House, Western Australia (2021)

Feedback

​’A clever satire on relationships and the potential pretentiousness of art, I found this story funnier with each read, yet it also raises important questions around the performativity of relationships, the idea that art is built on suffering, and the relationship between art and truth. A very modern tale, the narrative features pitch-perfect dialogue and a slide into surrealism that is handled with aplomb.’ – Josephine Taylor, Judge of the Stuart Hadow Short Story Prize 2022.

‘The Bill Bryson of pandemic orgies.’ – A stranger, commenting on a Facebook post.

‘This story – of love, albeit fleeting and unrequited – is marvellously fresh and adventurous. There is a deliciously strange quality to the drama, and the characters are vivid. A distinct sense of creative risk-taking pervades the work, especially in the way it is presented almost as a poem. I have not forgotten the story and its people, and I am sure others will not forget it either.’ – Nigel Featherstone, Judge of the Stuart Hadow Short Story Prize 2020.