Born in 1943, Robert Adamson is a celebrated Australian poet. He lives with his partner, photographer Juno Gemes, on the Hawkesbury River to the north of Sydney in Australia. Over the past five decades he has produced twenty books of poetry, including most recently NET NEEDLE (Flood Editions, 2015). He has been awarded the Christopher Brennan Prize for lifetime achievement, the Patrick White Award, and The Age Book of the Year Award for THE GOLDFINCHES OF BAGHDAD (Flood Editions, 2006). He currently holds the Chair in Poetry at the University of Technology, Sydney.