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Stuart Barnes (poet)
Stuart Barnes (born 1977) is an Australian poet. Biography Barnes was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and educated at Monash University, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. His first book, ''Glasshouses'', was awarded the 2015 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize. The judges of the Anne Elder Award, for which the collection was commended, wrote: "Barnes is compelling, dramatic and imaginative. ... [He] is a major poet in the making; watch this space!" In ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', Jane Sullivan included ''Glasshouses'' in 'Books for the year: The treats in store from Australia and overseas in 2016'. The collection has been warmly received by critics: in ''The West Australian'', William Yeoman described it as "playful, subtle, moving, witty and outrageous—a major achievement"; in ''The Australian'', Geoff Page noted its "impressive balancing act between a love of precursors and the strategies of the avant-garde". In his conference paper 'Sonnets and Para-Sonnets', Stephen Guy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobart
Hobart ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly half of Tasmania's population, Hobart is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smallest by population and area after Darwin if territories are taken into account. Material was copied from this source, which is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Its skyline is dominated by the kunanyi / Mount Wellington, and its harbour forms the second-deepest natural port in the world, with much of the city's waterfront consisting of reclaimed land. The metropolitan area is often referred to as Greater Hobart, to differentiate it from the City of Hobart, one of the seven local government areas that cover the city. It has a mild maritime climate. The city lies on country which was known by the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moth (magazine)
''The Moth'' is an international arts and literature magazine, based in Milltown, County Cavan, Ireland. It features poetry, short fiction, art and interviews. The magazine was established in 2010 by Rebecca O'Connor and Will Govan and ceased publication in the spring of 2023. Former contributors include Max Porter, Claire-Louise Bennett, Mike McCormack, Joshua Cohen, Suzanne Joinson, Rob Doyle, Thomas Morris, Sara Baume, Lee Rourke, Thomas Maloney, June Caldwell, Owen Booth, Robert McLiam Wilson, Nicholas Hogg, John Boyne, Nuala Ni Conchúir, Hilary Fannin and Stephen May. A junior version aimed at 7-11 year olds, called ''The Caterpillar'', was published between 2013 and 2023. Prizes run by ''The Moth'' include The Moth Poetry Prize, The Moth Short Story Prize, The Moth Nature Writing Prize and The Caterpillar Poetry Prize. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassandra Atherton
Cassandra Atherton is an Australian prose-poet, critic, and scholar. She is one of the leading international experts on prose poetry. She is also renowned for her work in the scholarly field of ekphrastic poetry and is celebrated for coining the terms ''dark poetry—''for poetry that attempts to reanimate a dark event, and ''ballophrasis''—for works based on dance. She is married to historian Glenn Moore. Cassandra has her own publishing imprint, FarFlung Press, at MadHat Press in the US and is Dispatches editor for The Fortnightly Review, UK. Academic and literary work Atherton completed her Bachelor of Arts (Honours in English and History), Master of Arts, Graduate Diploma of Education, and PhD at The University of Melbourne. She was supervised by Australian poet, Chris Wallace-Crabbe. She was Harvard Visiting Scholar in English in 2015–16, sponsored by Stephen Greenblatt, a visiting fellow at the Institute of Comparative Culture at Sophia University, Tokyo, in 2014, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Beveridge
Judith Beveridge (born 1956) is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award. Biography Judith Beveridge was born in London, England, arriving in Australia with her parents in 1960. She started her education at the Auburn North Public School in September 1961, and graduated in 1968 as dux (a title awarded to the student with best aggregate result over all subjects). Completing a BA at UTS she has worked in libraries, teaching, as a researcher and in environmental regeneration. From 2003 until 2018, she taught creative writing at the University of Sydney and was poetry editor for ''Meanjin'' from 2005 to 2015, having previously edited ''Hobo'' and the Australian Arabic literature journal ''Kalimat''. Awards and nominations * 1988 – Mary Gilmore Award for ''The Domesticity of Giraffes'' * 1988 – New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry for ''The Domesticity of Giraffes'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Queensland Press
University of Queensland Press (UQP) is an Australian publishing house based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1948 as a traditional university press, UQP now publishes books for general readers across fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's and young adult. History The University of Queensland Press was founded in 1948 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Queensland. Established as a publisher of scholarly works, UQP made its transition into trade publishing in the late-1960s, largely through poetry and the ''Paperback Poets'' series. Considered revolutionary at the time, ''Paperback Poets'' was a series of poetry editions established after the poet and novelist David Malouf expressed a desire to produce a new poetry format that was affordable and had mass appeal. Alongside Malouf's debut collection '' Bicycle and Other Poems'', the ''Paperback Poets'' series published volumes by writers such as Rodney Hall and Michael Dransfield. In 1990, UQP was the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinn Eades
Quinn Eades is a Senior Lecturer in Gender, Sexuality & Diversity Studies, best known for both academic work and poetry on queer theory and experience. He is particularly known for integrating his trans-masculine perspective into both academic and personal writing. Early life and education After studying a BA in sociology at University of Newcastle from 1993-2000, he studied creative writing, gaining a graduate certificate from University of Technology Sydney in 2003 and a postgraduate diploma from University of Melbourne in 2010. He did his PhD from 2011 to 2015 in English and gender studies under Sue Martin at La Trobe University, also publishing a collection of poems as a companion volume. Career and impact During his PhD, he founded the interdisciplinary gender, sexuality and diversity academic journal: ''Writing from Below'' in 2012, and is currently the co-managing editor. He also worked as a sessional lecturer in interdisciplinary studies, being made a full lectu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Poetry Festival
Queensland Poetry Festival was the flagship program of Queensland Poetry, one of Australia's premier organisations for all things poetry. It existed to support and promote a poetry culture in Queensland and Australia, embracing the wide possibility of poetic expression in all of its forms. As well as hosting an annual festival, Queensland Poetry also produced a number of signature projects and programs throughout the year. History QPF was originally founded by Brett Dionysius in 1997, an organisational role he continued in until 2001 when it was being run as the ''Subverse: Queensland Poetry Festival''. Queensland Poetry Festival then continued under a number of Directors and Managers including Rosanna Licari (2002–2003) and Graham Nunn (2004–2007) whilst becoming the incorporated entity Queensland Poetry Festival Inc. in 2007. Since this new inception QPF has been directed by Julie Beveridge (2008–2009), Sarah Gory (2011–2014), Co-Directors Anne-Marie Te Whiu and David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Vallis Award
The Val Vallis Award is an Australian poetry award named in honour of the Queensland poet Val Vallis (1916–2009). Val Vallis was a lyric poet who lectured in English and Philosophy at the University of Queensland. In 2002 the then Arts Minister, Matt Foley, announced "...the naming of a major poetry award, the first Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award for Unpublished Poetry to commemorate Val’s contribution to poetry in Queensland." Bronwyn Lea the former poetry editor of University of Queensland Press then "designed and implemented the award" in 2003 and it today it is administered and managed by Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) on behalf of Arts Queensland. Entry to the Val Vallis Entry can be submitted from Australia wide as part of Queensland Poetry Festival's annual Poetry Awards. Submissions usually open in May/June each year. Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award currently offers $2000 in total prizes for an unpublished poem or suite of poems for Australian emerging poets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACT Writing And Publishing Awards
The ACT Literary Awards, formerly known as the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, are a suite of Australian literary honours coordinated and presented annually by MARION (formerly the ACT Writers Centre). The awards recognise outstanding literary achievement in Canberra and surrounding regions, with categories spanning fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s literature. The suite also includes in memoriam prizes and funded mentorships that support both emerging and established writers. History The ACT Writers Centre was established in 1994 to support writers in the Australian Capital Territory. The inaugural ACT Writing and Publishing Awards were presented in 2004. In 2022, the organisation was renamed MARION ACT, and the awards became known as the MARION Book Awards. Since then, the awards program has evolved into the ACT Literary Awards, which now encompasses multiple categories across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s literature. The suite also includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Earls
Nicholas Francis Ward Earls (born 8 October 1963) is a novelist from Brisbane, Australia, who writes humorous popular fiction about everyday life. The majority of his novels are set in his home town of Brisbane. He fronted a major Brisbane tourism campaign. Biography Earls was born on 8 October 1963 in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. He emigrated to Australia with his parents and sister at the age of nine. Living in Brisbane, he was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School there. He completed a medical degree at the University of Queensland and worked as a GP before turning to writing.Silkstone, DanMature face of Aussie lad lit ''The Age'', 15 July 2006. Career Earls has been compared to Nick Hornby. ''Zigzag Street'', his second novel, won the Betty Trask Award in 1998 (sharing with Kiran Desai's ''Hullaballoo in the Guava Orchard''). His young-adult novel, '' 48 Shades of Brown'', won the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for older readers i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southerly (magazine)
''Southerly'' is an Australian literary magazine, established in 1939.Australian government culture and recreation portal Southerly home page It is published in hardcopy and online three times a year, and carries fiction and poetry by established and new authors as well as reviews and critical essays. ''The Long Paddock'' is an online supplement, carrying additional material. History ''Southerly'' began in 1939 as a four-page bulletin of the Sydney branch of the London-based |
