Ianto Ware is a writer, former zine publisher, and the author of two books; Twenty-One Nights in July: a Personal History of the Tour de France (2014), and Mother and I: The History of a Wilful Family (2021), both available through Hunter Publishers.
He was the author of the long-running zines Westside Angst and Das Papierkrieg, the founding director of Adelaide’s Format Festival, producer of the Festival of Unpopular Culture, and CEO of Renew Adelaide.
He has a PhD in Cultural Studies, works as researcher in urban policy, and holds an Honorary Associate position within the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies at Sydney University.
He was born in Adelaide, but now lives in Sydney with his wife, the artist Diana Baker Smith, their son Ellis, and two cats, Judith and Adrienne.