The Cold Stones of Feeling has been eleven years in the making and almost every poem has been published and or received an award. It is a collection that may well be the poet's last full book of poetry.

T M Collins was born in Brisbane in 1957 and lives in Redlands City, Queensland. He is a fictionist and playwright but predominately a poet. He has received over 100 awards for his poetry, fiction and plays and has been published over 100 times in journals, magazines and newspapers in Australia and overseas.