Dave Clark

Dave Clark is a reliable human with unreliable health. He’s a writer-poet with chronic fatigue syndrome, living in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). His writing speaks about grief, illness and the things we ignite and grow. Dave’s work has been shortlisted for six NT Literary Awards, winning the creative non-fiction (2024) and poetry (2022) categories. His writing has been published in Meanjin, APJ and ABC among others. Dave works as a counsellor, creating space for stories of significance.