Ron Barton is an English teacher who has twice been published by Ginninderra Press (If God is a Poet, 2012; Unremarkable, 2014) and Tincture Journal (2013) and, more recently, he has had poems displayed at the Sydney Fringe Festival and the University of Western Australia. In 2014 he had poetry appear in Windmills (published through Deakin University) and self-published a collection of short stories, Paved With Words, that is geared at a YA audience. In addition to his own writing Ron has also coordinated a Young Writers’ Festival held in the Rockingham district in an effort to support WA’s creative youth.
