C.J. O’Harte
The Reading Pavilion at Jinhua Architecture Park
C.J. O'Harte is a non-binary writer who brings a blend of critical theory and emotional resonance to their work. With a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Political Science), a Master’s of Social Work, and ongoing studies in Gestalt Psychotherapy, and a long career in Financial Inclusion. C.J is passionate about exploring the intersections of art, politics, and the human experience. C.J. is a romantic idealist who seeks to embrace the dialectic through pragmatic praxis and the written word.
Writer, ROMANTIc, Post-Capitalist
Fiction & Nonfiction
C.J. has one unpublished manuscript and another that is in progress. Click through to learn more
Between chiselling out novels and longer works, C.J pumps out poetry for the cheap dopamine hits. Their primary style is confessional. Saying that, C.J. sometimes plays with other forms or repurposes other people's trauma and reanimates it, like some literary Dr Frankenstein. Except in this instance, C.J. is both the doctor and the monster. But then again, maybe this is just a shady Gemini lie or deflection strategy, and they are solely C.J.’s tales of ungodly woe.
C.J. has previously been published in Poetry D’Amour [pictured opposite]. He has a collection of unpublished poems and performs them when the moon is full and the planets are in an unholy but auspicious alignment. Currently, C.J. is thinking about self-publishing a chapbook.
Poetry
Arts & Culture
C.J. regularly contributes to two websites, critiquing art in Perth and writing about fashion and culture.
Film
In 2024 C.J. wrote and acted in a short film that played as part of the World of Dark Comedy Film Festival 2024
