The Monkey’s Mask

The Monkey’s Mask is a totally unique experience. It’s poetry. It’s a crime thriller. It’s where high art meets low life, passion meets betrayal, and poetry faces profanity on the streets of a harsh modern city. Dorothy Porter’s verse novel holds you in its grip from the first verse paragraph to the final haunting pages.

Age Poetry Book of the Year 1994
National Book Council’s Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize
Best Books of the Year in the Times
Adapted for the stage as a multi media one woman show
Adapted for radio for the ABC, 1995, and the BBC, 2006

A film based on The Monkey’s Mask, directed by Samantha Lang and produced by Arena Films was released in 2001