Jake Dennis is Burmese-Australian Boorloo-based entertainer (singer/poet/actor), carer, and educator. A soulful jazz crooner whose prize-winning poetry is published across seventeen countries in over one hundred publications (Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook, Poetry Ireland Review, New Contrast SA, SUSPECT SG/US, Wasafiri UK, Westerly, etc.), between 2023-2026 Jake Dennis was recognised by judges of eighteen different poetry competitions. He is a Curtin University, WestWords, and Writing WA alumnus awarded residencies from the City of Swan, KSP Writers Centre, and WA Poets Inc.
Jake Dennis captivates audiences through heartfelt performances with a ‘fluid, almost sensual voice’ (Out in Perth). A passionate, endearing, and hard-working creative professional with over twenty-five years of stage, television, and radio credits, including writing, directing, and producing multiple successful cabaret shows, ‘PoetOfJazz’ is recognised for his ‘charm, wit, presence … and an impressive vocal range’ (Australian Stage). Chapbooks: The Exhibition and Gone (QPoetry! 2024). Shortlisted for the Noel Rowe Poetry Award for his debut collection Journeying (Fremantle Press, 2027).
