States of Poetry Poets

Adrienne Eberhard’s latest collection, The Shape of the Wind, is forthcoming from Black Pepper. Agamemnon’s Poppies (2003) was awarded second place in the Anne Elder Prize, Jane, Lady Franklin (2004) was featured on PoeticA ... ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 - TAS | About Graeme Hetherington

by Graeme Hetherington •

Graeme Hetherington, born in 1937, grew up on the west coast of Tasmania before attending boarding school and the University of Tasmania in Hobart, where he became a lecturer in the Classics Department. Not finding any Hittites, Greeks... ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 - TAS | About Jane Williams

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Jane Williams’s poems have been published widely since the early 1990s. She is the author of five collections of poems and one of short stories. Her most recent book is ... ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 - TAS | About Karen Knight

by Karen Knight •

Karen Knight lives in Hobart. She has been widely published and anthologised since the 1960s, and has written four collections of poetry. The most recent, Postcards from the Asylum (Pardalote Press, 2008), won the 2005... ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 - TAS | About Louise Oxley

Louise Oxley lives in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel area, south of Hobart. Her second and most recent collection of poetry, Buoyancy, was shortlisted in the WA Premier’s Literary Awards 2008 ... ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2016 - TAS | About Tim Thorne

Tim Thorne won the William Baylebridge Award in 2007, the Christopher Brennan Award in 2012, and the Gwen Harwood Prize in 2014... ... (read more)

States of Poetry 2017 - ACT | About Geoff Page

Geoff Page has published twenty-two collections of poetry, as well as two novels and five verse novels. His recent books include ...

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States of Poetry 2017 - ACT | About Isi Unikowski

Isi Unikowski’s poetry has been widely published in Australia and overseas. He was shortlisted for the inaugural University of Canberra ...

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States of Poetry 2017 - ACT | About John Foulcher

John Foulcher has published ten books of poetry. The first was Light Pressure (Angus & Robertson, 1983); the most recent ...

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States of Poetry 2017 - ACT | About Kerry Reed-Gilbert