Profile: Ghostboy AKA Dave Stavanger

Ghostboy is one of Australia’s premier young adult and children’s spoken word presenters.

He is the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of Australian poetry. A live hybrid of performance poetry, spoken weird theatre and surrealist vaudeville Ghostboy has been a hit at many major festivals including Brisbane Writers, Sydney Writers, Byron Bay Writers, Tasmanian Poetry, Broken Hill Poetry, Woodford Folk Festival, and QLD Poetry Festivals.

He has also performed on Triple J and ABC Radio, had two poetry books released and is the co-founder of Small Change Press.