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Australian Book Review
''Australian Book Review'' is an Australian arts and literary review. Created in 1961, ''ABR'' is an independent non-profit organisation that publishes articles, reviews, commentaries, essays, and new writing. The aims of the magazine are 'to foster high critical standards, to provide an outlet for fine new writing, and to contribute to the preservation of literary values and a full appreciation of Australia's literary heritage'. History and profile ''Australian Book Review'' was established by Max Harris and Rosemary Wighton as a monthly journal in Adelaide, Australia, in 1961. In 1971 production was reduced to quarterly releases, and lapsed completely in 1974. In 1978 the journal was revived by the National Book Council and, moving to Melbourne, began producing ten issues per year. ABR published the 400th issue of the second series in April 2018. An eleventh issue was added in 2021 (the magazine publishes a double issue in January–February). ''ABR'' is currently in partn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Rose (poet)
Peter John Rose (born 8 June 1955) is an Australian poet, memoirist, critic, novelist and editor. For many years he was an academic publisher. Since 2001 he has been editor of '' Australian Book Review''. Career Peter Rose was born in Wangaratta on 8 June 1955, and grew up there. Rose belongs to a famous Collingwood Football Club family. His father, Bob, was a celebrated Collingwood player and coach. His brother, Robert (1952–1999), also played for Collingwood and, as a cricketer, opened the batting for Victoria. Rose was educated at Haileybury, Melbourne and Monash University. Throughout the 1990s Rose was a publisher at Oxford University Press, Australia, where he published a wide range of Oxford reference books and dictionaries. Since 2001 he has been the editor of the '' Australian Book Review''. He has also edited two poetry anthologies. In 2001, Rose published ''Rose Boys'', a family memoir which won the National Biography Award in 2003. ''Rose Boys'' was reissued as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Porter Poetry Prize
The Peter Porter Poetry Prize is an ongoing international literary award run by the Australian Book Review for outstanding poetry. Established by the ''ABR'' in 2005, the Prize is named after the late Australian poet Peter Porter. The Porter Prize, awarded annually by the ''ABR'', is considered 'one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards for poetry' and among the country's 'most prestigious prizes for a new poem'. It 'guarantees winners wide exposure through publication in ''ABR and in 2017 received 'nearly 1000 entries from twenty-two countries'. History The Porter Prize was established in 2005 by the Australian Book Review. Formerly known as the ''ABR'' Poetry Prize, it was renamed the Peter Porter Poetry Prize in 2010 in honour of the famed Australian poet. The award is open to all poets writing in English, regardless of where they reside. Winners Since its inception, there have been 19 winners of the Peter Porter Poetry Prize. * 2005: Stephen Edgar * 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Takolander
Maria Takolander, born in Melbourne in 1973, is an Australian writer of Finnish heritage. Biography Takolander graduated from Deakin University in 2003 with a PhD on magical realism. Since then she has continued to produce scholarly journal articles and book chapters in the field of magical realism, but she has also extended her research into the area of creativity studies, using neuroscientific findings to theorise how creativity works. Takolander is also an acclaimed creative writer. Her six authored book publications are: a collection of short stories, ''The Double'' (Text, 2013); a book of literary criticism, ''Catching Butterflies: Bringing Magical Realism to Ground'' (Peter Lang, 2007); and four collections of poems, ''Trigger Warning'' (UQP, 2021), ''The End of the World'' (Giramondo, 2014), ''Ghostly Subjects'' (Salt, 2009) and ''Narcissism'' (Whitmore Press, 2005). She is also co-editor of ''The Limits of Life Writing'' (Routledge, 2018). Takolander won the inaugural 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Jolley
Monica Elizabeth Jolley AO (4 June 1923 – 13 February 2007) was an English-born Australian writer who settled in Western Australia in the late 1950s and forged an illustrious literary career there. She was 53 when her first book was published, and she went on to publish fifteen novels (including an autobiographical trilogy), four short story collections and three non-fiction books, publishing well into her 70s and achieving significant critical acclaim. She was also a pioneer of creative writing teaching in Australia, counting many well-known writers such as Tim Winton among her students at Curtin University.Hacket (2007) Her novels explore "alienated characters and the nature of loneliness and entrapment." Life Jolley was born in Birmingham, England as Monica Elizabeth Knight, to an English father and Austrian-born mother who was the daughter of a high ranking Railways official. She grew up in the Black Country in the English industrial Midlands. She was educated privately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
The ''ABR'' Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize is an annual short fiction competition run by the ''Australian Book Review''. The Prize, with total prize money of AU$12,500 and "generating over a thousand new stories each year", is "hotly contested" and considered "one of Australia's most lucrative prizes for an original short story" on the Australian literary calendar. History The Prize was originally known as the ''ABR'' Short Story Competition when it was established in 2010; however, the ''ABR'' renamed the award "in honour of Elizabeth Jolley, and first awarded it under its new name, the ''ABR'' Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, in 2011". The Prize accepts submissions from authors worldwide, however stories must be by a single author and written in English. Winners * 2010: Maria Takolander: "A Roānkin Philosophy of Poetry" * 2011: Carrie Tiffany: "Before He Left the Family", and Gregory Day: "The Neighbour's Beans" * 2012: Sue Hurley: "Patterns in Nature" * 2013: Michelle M ... [...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 of the School" (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 * Wesley Michel Wright Award * 1988 – Mary Gilmore Prize for ''The Domesticity of Giraffes'' * 1988 – New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John A
Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Farrell (poet)
Michael Farrell (born 1965) is a contemporary Australian poet. Biography Michael Farrell was born in Bombala, New South Wales in 1965. He presently lives in Melbourne, where he is the Australian editor of ''Slope'' magazine. Published works * ''living at the z'', 2000 * ''ode ode'', Salt Publishing, 2002. * ''a raiders guide'', Giramondo, 2008. * ''open sesame'', Giramondo, 2012. * ''Cocky's joy'', Giramondo, 2015. * ''I Love Poetry'', Giramondo, 2017. * ''Family Trees'', Giramondo, 2020. * ''Googlecholia'', Giramondo, 2022. Awards * Harri Jones Memorial Prize, 1999: winner * The Age Book of the Year Poetry Prize Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize, 2003, shortlisted for ''Ode Ode'' *Queensland Literary Awards, Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection, 2018, winner for ''I Love Poetry'' *NSW 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 l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Ryan (writer)
Tracy Ryan (born 1964) is an Australian poet and novelist. She has also worked as an editor, publisher, translator, and academic. Life Tracy Ryan was born in Western Australia, where she grew up as part of a large family. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Curtin University and studied European languages at the University of Western Australia. She has lived in Cambridge, England, where she worked as a bookseller, tutor, editor, and writer. She was Judith E. Wilson Junior Visiting Fellow at Robinson College, Cambridge in 1998. She taught Australian Literature and Film at the University of East Anglia. She has also lived in Ohio in the USA. She is married to poet John Kinsella and has two children. Literary career Tracy Ryan has published over nine books, including three novels. Her poetry has appeared in several magazines, such as ''Salt'', ''Literary Review'', and ''Cordite''. She has also appeared in anthologies. Ryan is particularly interested in langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Clark (poet)
Ross Clark (born 30 August 1953)Clark, Ross on AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource, accessed 07/08/2011 is an . His poems often use strongly physical imagery and he is a strong exponent of poetry. Life Born in , Clark attended Mt Gravatt High School ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Skovron
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Stephen Edgar
Stephen Edgar (born 1951) is an Australian poet, editor and indexer. Background and education Edgar was born in Sydney, where he attended Sydney Technical High School. After time spent living in London, he later returned to Australia, going on to study classics and librarianship at the University of Tasmania. Poetry His first published poetry appeared in 1979 in the Tasmanian literary quarterly ''Island'' (originally ''The Tasmanian Review''). From 1986 to the present he has been subeditor of ''Island'' and was poetry editor between 1989 and 1994. He is the author of seven books of poetry. As well as extensive publication of his verse in print media, Stephen Edgar has published poetry in online poetry magazines such as ''Snorkel'', ''The Poetry Foundation'', ''The Chimaera'', and ''The Flea''. As poet Kevin Hart observed, Edgar "is distinctive for a firm commitment to closed forms and for showing considerable panache in handling them". Other critical material on Stephen E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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