Jaidyn Luke Attard

Jaidyn Luke Attard Author/Poet (There’s a Tale to This City & The Street Poet)
Publisher/Editor at Back Shed Press

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Writer of words since forever
28/05/2026

Writer of words since forever

A poem inspired by the one-and-only Carrot Man of Melbourne. Always puts a smile on my face. What a legend.Poem from my ...
27/05/2026

A poem inspired by the one-and-only Carrot Man of Melbourne. Always puts a smile on my face. What a legend.

Poem from my book ‘The Street Poet’ 📚📖 — link in bio

and I are TOTALLY PUMPED to have had both The Street Poet and There’s a Tale to This City republished this year under a...
22/05/2026

and I are TOTALLY PUMPED to have had both The Street Poet and There’s a Tale to This City republished this year under a single press () … it’s almost as if they’ve been given a second chance at life! New readers are getting their mitts on our stories and experiencing the tales of Melbourne’s streets for themselves. These are stories inspired by true encounters, as well as our own lives.

Did you know you can order both books at your local bookstore? This is another great way to support bookstores (and authors!) You can also grab copies at the Back Shed Press online store.

If you’re one of our readers, we want to know what you think! Your reviews are precious to us, and they help readers find our books. Leaving a review is the easiest way you can let us know if you enjoy our writing 😎 For all of the support we’ve already received, we are beyond grateful!

Thank you, readers ✨

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and I are TOTALLY PUMPED to have had both The Street Poet and There’s a Tale to This City republished this year under a...
22/05/2026

and I are TOTALLY PUMPED to have had both The Street Poet and There’s a Tale to This City republished this year under a single press () … it’s almost as if they’ve been given a second chance at life! New readers are getting their mitts on our stories and experiencing the tales of Melbourne’s streets for themselves. These are stories inspired by true encounters, as well as our own lives.

Did you know you can order both books at your local bookstore? This is another great way to support bookstores (and authors!) You can also grab copies at the Back Shed Press online store.

If you’re one of our readers, we want to know what you think! Your reviews are precious to us, and they help readers find our books. Leaving a review is the easiest way you can let us know if you enjoy our writing 😎 For all of the support we’ve already received, we are beyond grateful!

Thank you, readers ✨

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The House That Refused to Die—a poem from my book ‘The Street Poet’, inspired by a real house I used to walk past every ...
20/05/2026

The House That Refused to Die—a poem from my book ‘The Street Poet’, inspired by a real house I used to walk past every day. Not a day went by where my eye wasn’t drawn to that house. Stuck out like a sore thumb. Gentrification, innit? I no longer live on that side of town, so I wonder if the house is still there? I hope it is.

Poetry lovers! My book is available at the link in my bio. Each order comes with a bookmark and stickers inspired by themes in the book!

From the Words & Wine poetry event at West Footscray Wines in March. Big ups to for putting the Footscray West Writers ...
09/05/2026

From the Words & Wine poetry event at West Footscray Wines in March. Big ups to for putting the Footscray West Writers Fest together!!

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A new poem. Adult life can be mundane. Work, chores, house upkeep, feeding yourself. But there is still poetry in these ...
29/04/2026

A new poem. Adult life can be mundane. Work, chores, house upkeep, feeding yourself. But there is still poetry in these monotonous tasks. Whether it’s any good is another matter entirely. But when you are infected with the virus of words, the junk of poets, then you have no choice but to scribe whenever the page calls to you.

A poem from my book THE STREET POET. This one is placed early on in the narrative — page 25. After spending an unhealthy...
26/04/2026

A poem from my book THE STREET POET. This one is placed early on in the narrative — page 25. After spending an unhealthy length of time without leaving his house, isolated from everything and everyone, Johnny Lock is finally trying to be brave. The Fear is his enemy. Now he’s fighting back. He steps out of his comfort zone and into the urban chaos of a city. He familiarises himself with the streets of Melbourne / Naarm by wandering, meeting strangers, and keeping records of his interactions. Thus his street poetry is born! But is poetry enough for catharsis? Can he heal the cracks in his mind without real professional help? Find out in THE STREET POET — out now!

DISCLAIMER: Accusations that Johnny Lock is, in fact, the poet Jaidyn Luke Attard, or is inspired by the poet Jaidyn Luke Attard, are nothing more than debunked conspiracy theories and defamatory ones at that. My argument is very convincing because I sound serious. Ignore that the poem is attributed to Jaidyn Luke Attard AS Johnny Lock in the image. It’s lying.

Get your copy on my website (signed + stickers + bookmark + shipping worldwide!) or order at your local bookstore!

THE STREET POET - A NOVELComing of age / poetry / verse novel / urban fiction / stories about Melbourne / experimental a...
19/04/2026

THE STREET POET - A NOVEL

Coming of age / poetry / verse novel / urban fiction / stories about Melbourne / experimental autofiction / street art

“Poetry bleeds from brick walls. Protesters choke the roads. Prophets howl on street corners. Needles glitter in the gutters. This is 21st-century Melbourne.

JOHNNY LOCK is fragile, sheltered, wary of his own shadow. He yearns to write poetry but has nothing to write about-because he never leaves the house. The world is too loud for him. Too real. Then he meets JAY: a travelling street writer on a mission to tell stories about Melbourne. Jay offers Johnny one brutal, liberating piece of advice: do the things that terrify you most. Overthrow The Fear. Talk to strangers. Watch. Listen. Let the city speak.

As Johnny brands himself a ‘street poet’, his world cracks open and his metamorphosis begins. He drifts through train stations and alleyways, colliding with the forgotten strangers of the city. The lost, the intoxicated, the down-and-out dreamers. His words give them grace, perhaps even salvation, in having their stories told. Their voices bleed into his own. Observation becomes confession.

From drunken train-rides to inner-city chaos, THE STREET POET is a fevered coming-of-age portrait of a young man, a poet on the edge, unravelling and remaking himself in a turbulent city. This honest collection of typewritten poetry and jagged vignettes captures Melbourne in all its beautiful contradictions: hot and cold, romantic and rotten, sensible and bizarre. Part love letter, part manifesto, part scream into the night.”

Signed copies on my website. Shipping available worldwide. Orders come with some RAD stickers and a matching bookmark!

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