Dennis Haskell is Emeritus Professor of English at The University of Western Australia and a poet whose work has been published nationally and internationally. He has also been Chair of the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. Dennis Haskell’s collections include Abracadabra and The Ghost Names Sing. He co-edited, with Hilary Fraser, Wordhord: A Critical Anthology of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry, and edited Tilting at Matilda: Literature, Aborigines, Women and the Church in Contemporary Australia.

"a tender chronicle of illness and bereavement." -- Canberra Times

"Haskell writes with heart-breaking directness and clarity." -- Westerly

"Ahead of Us is not only a poignant tribute to the memory of a loved one – it is a gracious gift to all of us from a poet at the height of his powers." -- West Australian

"… distinctive and finely wrought verse." -- Cordite Poetry Review