Kathryn Lomer (born 1958,

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) is an Australian novelist, young adult novelist, short story writer and poet. She has also written for screen, with one short film credit to date. Her first novel, ''The God in the Ink'' was published by the

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Press in 2001. Her first book of poetry, ''Extraction of Arrows'', also published by UQP, was released in September 2003. Since then she has published two YA novels, a collection of short stories and two more collections of poetry, all with UQP. Her poetry has been favourably compared with that of fellow Australian poet,

Jennifer Maiden Jennifer Maiden (born 1949) is an Australian poet. She was born in Penrith, New South Wales, and has had 36 books published: 28 poetry collections, 6 novels and 2 nonfiction works. Her current publishers are Quemar Press in Australia and Blooda ...

. She currently resides in

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in her native

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Awards

*The 2003/2004

Anne Elder Award The Anne Elder Trust Fund Award for poetry was administered by the Victorian branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers from its establishment in 1976 until 2017. From 2018 the award has been administered by Australian Poetry. It is awarded ann ...

for ''Extraction of Arrows''. *The 2008 Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize (The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards) 2008 for ''Two Kinds of Silence''. *The 2011 Margaret Scott Prize (The

Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes The Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes are literary prizes that are awarded biennially in four categories by the Tasmanian Government. There are two panels of three judges: one for the book prizes, the other for the emerging writers and young wr ...

) for "What now, Tilda B?". She has also won the

Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize The Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize (also known as the Gwen Harwood Memorial Poetry Prize) was created in 1996 in memory of the Tasmanian poet, Gwen Harwood. The prize is run by Island Magazine and is awarded to a single poem or a linked suite of poems. ...

, the Melbourne Poets' Union (MPU), Josephine Ulrick and ANUTECH poetry prizes.

Publications

*''The God in the Ink'', (2001) *''Extraction of Arrows'', (2003) *''The Spare Room'', (2005) *''Two Kinds of Silence'', (2007) *''Camera Obscura'', (2008) *''What now, Tilda B?'', (2010) *''Night Writing'', (2014) *''Talk Under Water'', (2015)

References

External links

Lomer biodata

University of Queensland Press
1958 births 21st-century Australian novelists Australian poets Australian schoolteachers Australian women novelists Living people Writers from Hobart 21st-century Australian women writers {{australia-writer-stub