Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
Congratulations to Dunedin's Emma Neale, who has won this year's Kathleen Grattan Award with her collection "The Truth Graden". (Love the name!) She is disgustingly talented, with three poetry collections (Sleeve-Notes, How to Make a Million and Spark) and a couple of well-regarded novels already behind her. Well done Emma! I look forward to getting my …
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Just about time for another poet to have their life changed. Yes, the announcement of the 2011 Kathleen Grattan Award is fast approaching. The official announcement will be in Landfall 222 and on air (The Arts on Sunday) on November 20th, but this year OUP have released a shortlist of five: Nick Ascroft, 'Anonymous Phenomena' …
One more little milestone to tick off – my box of official author's copies arrived today! Now it's all beginning to feel really real. The next tick will come when I see a copy in a bookshop somewhere … Ten days to go until the launch. If you plan to come but haven't yet said so, …
Exactly one month out from the launch of The Summer King, and I can finally show the cover to you all. The first couple of versions of the cover weren't quite right – the earliest version was a white background with a more angular tree, and just didn't do it for me. And we were …
At last, I'm allowed to tell people. I won the inaugural Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry! I actually found out about it a week ago, but was sworn to secrecy (with words like "embargoed" and "trappist") until the official announcement was made on Radio National yesterday afternoon. I still can't quite believe it. Joy, delight, …
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A Dark Feathered Art 