Pamela Jane Barclay Brown (born 1948) is an Australian poet.

Career

Pam Brown was born in

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Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

. Most of her childhood was spent on military bases in

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and

Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...

. Since her early twenties, she has lived in

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

and

Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei ...

, and has travelled widely in the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions as well as Europe and the U.S., but mostly she has lived in

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

, on the unceded land of the

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Nation. She has made her living variously as a silkscreen printer, bookseller, postal worker and has taught writing, multi-media studies and film-making. Pam Brown worked from 1989 to 2006 as a librarian at

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

. From 1997 to 2002 Pam Brown was the

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

editor of '' Overland'' and from 2004 to 2011 she was the associate editor of ''

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'' magazine. She has been a guest at poetry festivals worldwide, taught at the University for Foreign Languages,

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, and during 2003 had

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writers residency in

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. In 2013 she held the Distinguished Visitor Award at the

University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...

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Awards and nominations

Nominations * 1984 — NSW Premier's Literary Award for Poetry for ''New & Selected Poems 1971–1982'' * 1999 — NSW Premier's Kenneth Slessor Award for Poetry for ''50-50'' * 2004 — The Age Book Of The Year Award — Poetry, VIC for ''True Thoughts'' * 2010 — Adelaide Festival Award for Poetry, SA for ''True Thoughts'' * 2010 — The Age Book Of The Year Award — Poetry, VIC for ''Authentic Local'' * 2018 — Judith Wright Calanthe Award — Poetry, QLD for ''click here for what we do'' * 2019 — Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry — for ''click here for what we do'' * 2023 — NSW Premier's Kenneth Slessor Award for Poetry — for ''Stasis Shuffle'' Awards * 2004 — New South Wales Premier's

Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form.Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature The South Australian Literary Awards, until 2024 known as the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, comprise a group of biennially-granted literary awards established in 1986 by the Government of South Australia. Formerly announced during A ...

- John Bray Award for Poetry, SA for ''Missing up'' * 2019 —

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 ...

for ''click here for what we do'' * 2022 — Judith Wright Calanthe Award — Poetry, QLD for ''Stasis Shuffle''

Bibliography

Books published

* ''Sureblock,'' (Pat Woolley, Melbourne, 1972) * ''Cocabola's Funny Picture Book,'' (Tomato Press, Sydney, 1973) * ''Automatic Sad,'' (Tomato Press, Sydney, 1974) * ''Cafe Sport,'' (Sea Cruise Books, Sydney, 1979) * ''Correspondences,'' (Red Press, Sydney, 1979) * ''Country & Eastern,'' (Never-Never Books, Sydney, 1980) * ''Small Blue View,'' (E.A.F./Magic Sam, Adelaide, 1982) * ''Selected Poems 1971–1982,'' (Redress/Wild & Woolley, Sydney, 1984) * ''Keep It Quiet,'' (Sea Cruise Books, Sydney, 1987) * ''New & Selected Poems,'' (Wild & Woolley, Sydney, 1990) * ''This World. This Place.'' (University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1994) * ''50 – 50,'' (Little Esther Books, Adelaide, 1997) * ''Text thing'' (Little Esther Books, Adelaide, 2002) * ''Dear Deliria'' (New & Selected Poems),'' (

Salt Publishing Salt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched ''Salt Magazine'' in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry ...

, UK/US/Aust, 2003) * ''True Thoughts'' (Salt Publishing, U.K./U.S.A/Aust, 2008) * ''Authentic Local'' (Soi 3 Modern Poets, papertiger media, Aust/Thailand, 2010 ) *''Home by Dark'' (Shearsman Books, UK/US/Aust, 2013) *''Alibis'' (poems translated into French by Jane Zemiro) (Société Jamais-Jamais, Sydney, 2014) *''Missing up'' (Vagabond Press, Tokyo/Sydney, 2015) *''Click here for what we do'' (Vagabond Press, Tokyo/Sydney, 2018) *''Endings & Spacings'' (Never-Never Books, Sydney, 2021) *''Stasis Shuffle'' (Hunter Publishers, Saint Lucia, QLD 2021)

Chapbooks

*''Little Droppings'' (Never-Never Books, Sydney 1994) *''My Lightweight Intentions'' (Salt/Folio, U.K./Perth 1998)(2nd Edition Never-Never Books, Sydney 2006) *''Drifting Topoi'' (Vagabond Press, Sydney, 2000) *''eleven 747 poems'' (Wild Honey Press, Ireland, 2002) *''Let’s Get Lost'' (with Ken Bolton and Laurie Duggan)(Vagabond Press, Sydney 2005) *''Peel Me A Zibibbo'' (Never-Never Books, Sydney, 2006) *''farout_library_software'' (with Maged Zaher) (Tinfish Press, Hawai'i, USA 2007) *''Sentimental'' (Longhouse Books, USA 2010) *''In My Phone'' (Picaro Press, NSW 2011) *''Anyworld'' (flying island books, Macau, 2012) *''More than a feuilleton'' (Little Esther Books, Adelaide, 2012) *''Westernity'' (Stale Objects De Press, Sydney, 2016) *''A mockery'' (Otoliths, QLD, 2017) *''from Shimmy'' (with John Kinsella), (Shed Under the Mountain Press, W.A., 2019) *''(pressure's on)'' (Never-Never Books, Sydney, 2020) *''A love supreme'' (Now Orries Press, Melbourne, 2023)

In translation

*''Alibis'' poems translated from English into French by Jane Zemiro (Société Jamais-Jamais, Sydney 2014)

Electronic books

*''The Meh of Z Z Z Z'' (AhaDada Books, US/Japan 2010)

References

External links

Website

The Deletions (weblog)

Recording
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