Gregory Day is an Australian novelist, poet, and musician.
Life
Gregory Day is a novelist, poet, essayist and musician based in
Victoria, Australia. He is well known for novels which document generational, demographic, and environmental change on the 21st-century coast of Victoria, Australia. He has been much acclaimed for his musical compositions and field recordings, notably his settings and singing of the poetry of
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats (, 13 June 186528 January 1939), popularly known as W. B. Yeats, was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th century in literature, 20th-century literature. He was ...
on the albu
''The Black Tower'' and his projec
which narrates in song the building of the Great Ocean Road in southwest Victoria in the years following The Great War. Day is also the co-founder with artist and book designer, Sian Marlow, of the fine press limited edition literature and music publisher, Merrijig Word & Sound Co.
Awards and nominations
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best First Book, 2006: ''The Patron Saint of Eels'' — shortlisted
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ALS Gold Medal
The Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (ALS Gold Medal) is awarded annually by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for "an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year." From 1928 to 1974 it was awarded by the ...
, 2006: ''The Patron Saint of Eels'' — winner
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New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, th ...
, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2008: ''Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds: A Novel'' — shortlisted
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Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, 2011: ''The Neighbour's Beans'' — winner
* Manly Artist Book Award, 2017: ''A Smile at Arm's Length'' — winner
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Tasmanian Literary Award, Tasmania Book Prize, 2017: ''Archipelago of Souls'' — shortlisted
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Nature Conservancy, Australia Nature Writing Prize, 2019
''Summer On The Painkalac''— shortlisted
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Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the Will (law), will of Miles Franklin ...
, 2019: ''A Sand Archive'' — shortlisted
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Patrick White Award, 2020 — winner
*Nature Conservancy Australia Nature Writing Prize, 2021 – winner
* Miles Franklin Award, 2024: ''The Bell of the World'' – shortlisted
Bibliography
Novels
* ''
The Patron Saint of Eels'' (2005)
''Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds'' (2007)''The Grand Hotel'' (2010)''Archipelago of Souls'' (2015)''A Sand Archive'' (2018)''The Bell of the World'' (2023)
Essays
''Words Are Eagles: Selected Writings on the Nature and Language of Place'' (2022)
Artist Books
Poetry
* ''Six Different Ways'' (1999) — with Kieran Carroll and Michael Farrell etc.
(2003)
(2016)
''Southsightedness''
(2025)
Music
*''Untitled Red: No Evangelism'' (1992)
*''Barroworn: Mangowak Days'' (1995)
(1998)
*'' Trace'' soundtrack with Silver Ray (2003)
(2005)
* ttps://vimeo.com/138710919 ''The Ampliphones: Emotional Patterns of a New Climate''(2015)
''Rejectamenta: From Real to Imagined Seaweed''
(2021)
Interviews & Presentations
* "ABC Radio National Books and Arts
July 2015
* "ABC Radio National Book Show
- 21 May 2008
* "Paperbark Words on The Bell Of The World
July 2024
* "Towards An Ethics Of Receptivity: Reading Gregory Day's The Bell Of The World - Séminaire n°1 - Université Grenoble Alpes - Peter Mathews (University of Macau) 15/10/2024
*"The Leaf Bookshop Interview with Gregory Day on Southsightedness - 30 Authors in 30 Days March 2025
*"ABC Radio National - The Music Show's Andrew Ford interviews Gregory Day about Southsightedness
References
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21st-century Australian novelists
Australian male novelists
Australian poets
Australian male songwriters
Living people
ALS Gold Medal winners
21st-century Australian male writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Patrick White Award winners