Robert Adamson
(Australia, 1943)
Born in Sydney, Adamson grew up in Neutral Bay and on the Hawkesbury River, New South …
Adam Aitken
(Australia, 1960)
In a recent outing with Aitken, you can find “The Hybrid Vigor Institute is dedicated/ …
Ali Alizadeh
(Iran, 1976)
It’s a quarter pastthe fear of being terrorisedand forty-five minutes tothe sadism …
Louis Armand
(Australia, 1972)
“. . . the poet must stake everything against the world in order to …
Bruce Beaver
(Australia, 1928–2004)
Bruce Beaver, one of Australia’s least known great poets, was born an Aquarian on …
Lisa Bellear
(Australia, 1961–2006)
Lisa Bellear was a formidable presence on the Australian arts scene, achieving national …
Judith Beveridge
(Great Britain, 1956)
Judith Beveridge was born in England in 1956 and migrated to Australia in 1960. She has …
Merlinda Bobis
(Philippines, 1959)
Filipino-Australian writer Merlinda Bobis has published in three languages (English, …
Kim Cheng Boey
(Singapore, 1965)
Kim Cheng Boey’s poetry memorialises the past as a way of understanding …
Peter Boyle
(Australia, 1951)
Peter Boyle is an Australian poet living in Sydney. His first three collections of …
David Brooks
(Australia, 1953)
From these particularswhat generality? Somehonesty of the heart perhaps, honest …
Pam Brown
(Australia, 1948)
Born in Victoria, growing up mainly in Queensland, Pam Brown has lived in Sydney since …
Michelle Cahill
(India)
Michelle Cahill is a Goan-Anglo-Indian writer who lives in Sydney. She writes poetry, …
Ali Cobby Eckermann
(Australia, 1963)
Ali Cobby Eckermann is a Yankunytjatjara / Kokatha kunga (woman) born on Kaurna land …
MTC Cronin
(Australia, 1963)
MTC Cronin has published six books and three booklets of poetry, the most recent being …
Lidija Cvetkovic
(Yugoslavia, 1967)
Lidija Cvetkovic was born in the former Yugoslavia in 1967 and came to Australia in …
Luke Davies
(Australia, 1962)
Luke Davies is a critically acclaimed poet, novelist, and screenplay writer, with …
Laurie Duggan
(Australia, 1949)
Laurie Duggan was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1949 and now lives in England. He has …
Chris Edwards
(Australia, 1955)
Chris Edwards, whose poetry is marked by an extremely sharp and incisive wit, unusually …
Michael Farrell
(Australia, 1965)
Perhaps more than any other recent Australian poet, Michael Farrell has tested, often …
Lionel Fogarty
(Australia, 1958)
Lionel Fogarty is one of the best known contemporary Aboriginal Australian writers. For …
John Forbes
(Australia, 1950–1998)
In February 2008, family, poets and close friends of his generation, along with those …
Katherine Gallagher
(Australia, 1935)
Katherine Gallagher has published four full-length collections of poetry, a book of …
Jane Gibian
(Australia, 1972)
Sydney poet Jane Gibian’s work offers the fine rich silt and lace of urban dreaming. …
Robert Gray
(Australia, 1945)
Robert Gray was born in Coffs Harbour, a small town on the north coast of New South …
Philip Hammial
(USA, 1937)
Martin Duwell recently commented in Jacket that the ‘keynote’ to Philip …
Martin Harrison
(United Kingdom, 1949–2014)
A poet and critic, Martin Harrison lives in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. He …
J.S. Harry
(Australia)
Did Peter Henry really meet a young Wittgenstein in Vienna in 1902 or at another time …
Kevin Hart
(Australia, 1954)
Kevin Hart is a prodigious figure on the international intellectual landscape. His …
Fiona Hile
(Australia, 1969)
Published by Vagabond in 2012, Fiona Hile’s The Family …
L.K. Holt
(Australia, 1982)
L.K. (Lucy) Holt was born in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia, spent her childhood in …
Jill Jones
(Australia, 1961)
Jill Jones is a poet and writer who lives in Sydney. She has worked in a number of …
John Kinsella
(Australia, 1963)
There is little doubt that Kinsella’s vibrant and voracious poetic intellect is a …
Anthony Lawrence
(Australia, 1957)
Anthony Lawrence, born in Tamworth, NSW, has published fourteen collections of poetry …
Emma Lew
(Australia, 1962)
With a gift for giving the moment, Emma Lew is a Melbourne-based poet whose first …
Bella Li
(China, 1983)
Bella Li is a Melbourne poet. Born in northeastern China, she immigrated to Australia …
Kate Lilley
(Australia, 1960)
Kate Lilley was born in Perth. After undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney …
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
(Canada, 1973)
Miriam Wei Wei Lo was born in Canada, raised in Singapore, and has lived in Australia …
Jennifer Maiden
(Australia, 1949)
Jennifer Maiden has been one of the most striking voices to emerge from a generation …
David Malouf
(Australia, 1934)
Here you will find a generous selection of Malouf's poetry, stretching from his …
Peter Minter
(Australia, 1967)
Since the mid 1990s, Peter Minter has caused a sensation in Australia through his …
Les Murray
(Australia, 1938)
“Religions are big slow poems, while most poems are short, fast religions.” – Les …
Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng
(Vietnam)
Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng noted in an interview for this issue of PIW, “it is hard to …
Tom Petsinis
(Australia, 1953)
Tom Petsinis was born in Greek Macedonia and emigrated with his family to Australia …
Dorothy Porter
(Australia, 1954–2008)
The work of Dorothy Porter, one of Australia’s most popular and most read poets, both …
Claire Potter
(Australia, 1975)
“I describe my writing practice, and myself as a writer, as methodically itinerant – …
Andy Quan
(Canada, 1969)
we explain they are apple-pears, I explain them like I explain myself:like one …
Noel Rowe
(Australia, 1951–2007)
Noel Rowe’s poetry crafts a meditative and compassionate vision of the human beast. His …
Gig Ryan
(Australia, 1956)
Abrupt, pared-back, given to juxtapositions that reshape the urban world her poetry …
Wadih Sa’adeh
(Lebanon, 1948)
Born in the village of Shabtin in Northern Lebanon in 1948, Wadih Sa’adah spent his …
Peter Skrzynecki
(Germany, 1945)
The first poem Peter Skrzynecki remembers writing, in 1964, was called ‘The guaranteed …
Vivian Smith
(Australia, 1933)
Vivian Smith was born in Hobart in 1933. He lectured in the French Department of the …
Nicolette Stasko
(USA, 1950)
“I’ve frequently wondered why I write, why anybody writes. I can’t …
John Tranter
(Australia, 1943)
Since the late 1960s, John Tranter has been the established agent provocateur of …
Ann Vickery
(Australia, 1968)
In Ann Vickery’s Devious Intimacy, the intimacy she explores is not only …
Samuel Wagan Watson
(Australia, 1972)
Born in Brisbane in 1972, Samuel Wagan Watson is of Munanjali, Birri Gubba, German, …
Ania Walwicz
(Poland, 1951)
A university tutor introduced me to Ania Walwicz’s writing when I was a young …
Alan Wearne
(Australia, 1948)
Alan Wearne has been part of the Australian poetry scene since the late sixties and is …
Jessica L. Wilkinson
(Australia, 1982)
Jessica L. Wilkinson is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at RMIT University in …
Ouyang Yu
(China)
Ouyang Yu graduated from La Trobe University with a doctoral degree in Australian …
 
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