Anthony Lawrence

Anthony Lawrence’s most recent collection is Ordinary Time, a collaboration with Audrey Molloy, (Pitt Street Poetry, 2021). His books and poems have won a number of awards, including the Peter Porter Poetry Prize and the NSW Premier's Award. He lives on the far north coast of New South Wales.

Anthony Lawrence reviews 'Selected Poems 1968–2014' by Paul Muldoon

September 2017, no. 394 • 30 August 2017

Paul Muldoon’s friend and mentor, the late Seamus Heaney, once remarked that reading Muldoon was like being in a room with two informants: one a compulsive liar and one who always tells the truth. The trick, Heaney suggested, is ‘trying to formulate a question that will elicit an answer from either one that can be reliably decoded’. Muldoon’s poems are renowned for their sleight of hand, ... (read more)

Jolley Prize 2016 (Shortlist): 'Ash' by Anthony Lawrence

August 2016, no. 383 • 21 July 2016

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'The Fishhouse Review', a new poem by Anthony Lawrence

November 2013, no. 356 • 31 October 2013

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