Eileen Chong
Eileen Chong is an Australian poet of Chinese descent. She was born and raised in Singapore, and came to Australia as an adult migrant. She started writing poetry in 2010, and is the author of eight books published in Australia and the United States…
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Jeanine Leane
Jeanine Leane is a Wiradjuri writer, poet and academic from south-west New South Wales. Her first volume of poetry, Dark Secrets After Dreaming: A.D. 1887–1961 won the Scanlon Prize for Indigenous Poetry, and her first novel, Purple Threads, won …
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Limelight
Age is no barrier to creating poetry that inspires social change and positive action. Award-winning …
Year:
Primary, Year 6
Author:
Solli Raphael
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2018
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Solli Raphael
At 12 years of age, Solli Raphael was titled the youngest ever winner of the Australian Poetry Slam held at the Sydney Opera House after he performed 'Australian Air' – a poem about political wisdom, environmental awareness and the importance of …
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Meg McKinlay
Meg McKinlay is the author of eighteen books ranging from picture books and young adult fiction through to poetry for adults. Raised in central Victoria, in a TV- and car-free household, Meg was a bookish kid, in love with words and excited by …
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Sun Music: New and Selected Poems
Sun Music brings together poems published over a thirty-year period, from Judith Beveridge’s …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11
Author:
Judith Beveridge
Publisher:
Giramondo Publishing
Published year:
2018
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Judith Beveridge
Judith Beveridge is one of Australia's most acclaimed poets, taught in high schools and universities, winner of the NSW and Victorian Premiers’ Awards, a highly regarded critic, editor and teacher of poetry. She has published six collections of …
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Sharon Kernot
Sharon Kernot writes poetry and fiction. Her work has appeared in a variety of journals, magazines and anthologies including Island, Mascara Literary Journal, Best Australian Poems, and Australian Love Stories.
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The Garret: Maxine Beneba Clarke
Reading Australia presents this Maxine Beneba Clarke podcast, with permission from The Garret …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11
Author:
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Publisher:
The Garret
Published year:
2019
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Michael Farrell
Michael Farrell has edited poetry features for both Australian and U.S. magazines. His books are ode ode, BREAK ME OUCH (cartoon poems), and A Raiders Guide. He was the winner of the 2012 Peter Porter Poetry Prize…
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