The Best Australian Poems 2011 (18 page)

 

Andrew Sant
jointly founded and edited for ten years the Tasmanian-based quarterly,
Island.
The most recent of his poetry collections is
Fuel
(Black Pepper, Melbourne, 2009). Born in London, he now lives in Melbourne.

 

Michael Sariban
is a Brisbane-based poet whose work has appeared in a wide variety of Australian and overseas publications. His collections include
A Formula for Glass
(UQP, 1987) and
Luxuries
(Ginninderra Press, 2001).

 

Jaya Savige
's debut poetry collection,
Latecomers
, won the NSW Premier's Kenneth Slessor Prize, the Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Prize and the Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award. His second volume is
Surface to Air
(UQP, 2011).

 

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.