The Best Australian Poems 2011
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Mick Searles lives in Adelaide.
Thomas Shapcott was born in 1935. He is the author of many books of poetry, fiction (novels and short stories) and libretti. Most recent are the poetry collection Parts of Us (UQP, 2010) and the memoir A Circle Around My Grandmother (Papertiger, 2010).
Michael Sharkey’s most recent book is The Sweeping Plain (Five Islands Press, 2007, reprinted 2011, Picaro Press). A new collection, Another Fine Morning in Paradise (Five Islands Press) is forthcoming in 2012.
Craig Sherborne’s first poetry collection is Bullion (Penguin, 1995). His acclaimed memoir Hoi Polloi (Black Inc., 2005) was followed by Muck (Black Inc., 2007), winner of a Queensland Premier’s Prize, and a novel, The Amateur Science of Love (Text Publishing, 2011).
Alex Skovron is the author of five poetry collections, most recently Autographs (Hybrid, 2008). Awards for his poetry include the Wesley Michel Wright Prize, the John Shaw Neilson Award and the Australian Book Review Poetry Prize. He lives in Melbourne and works as a freelance editor.
Melinda Smith is the author of Pushing Thirty, Wearing Seventeen (2001) and Mapless in Underland (2004), both published by Ginninderra Press. She has a collection of poems about autism coming out in April 2012. (www.melindasmith.wordpress.com)
Pete Spence was born in Ringwood, Victoria, in 1946. His first book was 5 Poems (Nosukomo, 1986), and his most recent book is Perrier Fever (Grand Parade Poets, 2011). He is also a visual poet and a filmmaker, and he now lives in Kyneton with his partner and their son.
Peter Steele, a Jesuit priest, was born in Perth but has spent most of his life in Melbourne. His most recent publication is The Gossip and the Wine (John Leonard Press, 2010).
Amanda Stewart is a poet, author and vocalist. Her book and CD set of selected poems, I/T, won the Anne Elder Poetry Prize. Her recent publications include the short play Solace (Beckett Pause, Sondersahl Press, Vienna, 2007).
Adrian Stirling was born in Geelong in 1977. He divides his time between teaching, writing and playing bass guitar. He has written two novels: Broken Glass (2008) and The Comet Box (2011).
Maria Takolander’s first book of poems, Ghostly Subjects (Salt Publishing, 2009), was shortlisted for a 2010 Queensland Premier’s Literary Award. She is a senior lecturer in literary studies and creative writing at Deakin University in Geelong.
Andrew Taylor’s more than fifteen books of poetry include The unhaunting (Salt Publishing, 2009), which was shortlisted for the 2009 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards. He is professor emeritus at Edith Cowan University and divides his time between Perth and Wiesbaden in Germany.
Tim Thorne is the author of twelve collections of poetry, the most recent being I Con: New and Selected Poems (Salt Publishing, 2008). He established the Tasmanian Poetry Festival and was its director for seventeen years.
Helen Thurloe lives on Sydney’s northern beaches. She has worked in politics, business and government. Her poetry has been included in the Poetica Christi anthology Horizons (2010).
Ann Vickery is a Monash Fellow in the Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research at Monash University. Her books include Stressing the Modern: Cultural Politics in Australian Women’s Poetry (Salt Publishing, 2007), which was shortlisted for a NSW Premier’s Prize.
Corey Wakeling grew up in Perth and lives in Melbourne. His poetry has been widely published in Australia and abroad. He is a tutor and PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne.
Chris Wallace-Crabbe AO is professor emeritus of the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne, and chair of the Australian Poetry Centre. His latest collection is Telling a Hawk from a Handsaw (Manchester Carcanet Oxford Poets, 2008). He received the Order of Australia in 2011 for his service to the arts.
John Watson’s books include A First Reader (Five Islands Press, 2003), Erasure Traces (Puncher & Wattmann, 2008), River Syllabics (Picaro Press, 2009) and Four Refrains (Picaro Press, 2011).
Meredith Wattison was born in 1963 and lives outside Sydney. She has published five books of poetry, the latest being Basket of Sunlight (Puncher & Wattman, 2007). terra bravura (Puncher & Wattmann) is due out in 2012.
Alan Wearne’s next book will be Cabin Crew, Prepare the Cabin for Landing (Giramondo, 2012). He has recently established Grand Parade Poets, a publishing house.
Ron Wilkins is a Sydney scientist. His poetry has been published in Blue Dog, Five Bells and Quadrant, among others. His poetry volume, Fistful of Dust, is forthcoming.
Warrick Wynne is a Melbourne poet and teacher. His most recent collection is The State of the Rivers and Streams (Five Islands Press, 2002). (warrickwynne.org)
Mark Young has been publishing poetry for over fifty years. He is the author of more than twenty books, primarily poetry but also including speculative fiction and art history. He is the editor of the ezine Otoliths. He lives on the Tropic of Capricorn.