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Jill Baggett (D.O.B. - ) I like to write factual stories and never lose my fascination with the written word. Ninety plus short stories, articles and poems have been published in magazines and books in Australia, England, USA, Canada and China. I have written five plays and had the fun of seeing them staged in Sydney and at local theatres. I wrote and presented an eight-week creative writing course for traumatised clients of the NSW health service, edited a workplace newsletter, am now editing books for friends, and have generally enjoyed writing all my life. I live in country New South Wales with my husband and six sons.    Photo of Jill Baggett by photographer unknown, year unknown.

Janine Baker (1966 - ) Janine Baker is a South Australian mother, scientist, and poet (in no particular order!). She was born in Queensland, and raised as an itinerant, living in various cities, towns and on islands around Australia and New Guinea, for the first 2 decades of life. Environmental change, human isolation, and scales of time and space are recurring themes in her work. Janine's favourite Australian poets are Bruce Dawe, Ian C. Smith, MTC Cronin, Jean Frances, and Richard Hillman. Between the late 1990s and the present, about 50 of Janine's poems have been published in various poetry magazines and journals (such as Spindrift and Poetrix), and a couple have appeared in the Friendly Street Reader anthologies. In recent years, her work has been published in a number of issues of Centoria (in which she was a guest poet in the Spring 2001 issue), SideWalk, Vernacular, and the on-line publication Divan (2003/2004 issue). Janine read regularly at South Australian poetry venues during the late 1990s, and her work has also been heard on radio in Sydney. A first collection has also been accepted for publication.    Photo of Janine Baker by photographer unknown, 1989. Janine Baker can be contacted at Email: jjbaker (át) senet (dót) com (dót) au

Peter Bakowski (1954 - ) Insert biographical details.    Photo of Peter Bakowski courtesy of Brandl & Schlesinger, year unknown.

Magdalena Ball (1964 - ) Magdalena Ball runs The Compulsive Reader. Her short stories, editorials, poetry, reviews and articles have appeared in a wide number of printed anthologies and journals, and have won local and international awards for poetry and fiction. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from CCNY (New York), an MBA from Charles Sturt University (Wagga), and has studied literature on a postgraduate level at Oxford University (UK). She also works as a manuscript assessor for Manuscripts Online, is a member of the BookConnector Advisory Board, an Evaluative Reader for Catchfire Press, and Information Manager for Orica, not always in that order. She is the author of a non-fiction book, The Art of Assessment, and a poetry chapbook Quark Soup. Her novel Sleep Before Evening is due for publication by BeWrite Books early in 2007. Magdalena lives in on a rural property in New South Wales with her husband and three gorgeous children.    Photo of Magdalena Ball by Oliver Ball, 2006. Magdalena Ball can be contacted at Email: maggieball (át) compulsivereader (dót) com   Order The Art of Assessment: How to Review Anything  Go to The Compulsive Reader website

Lex Banning (1921 - 1965) Banning, Arthur Alexabder, poet, was born on 27 June 1921 in Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, son of Arthur Antoine Banning, a waiter from Belgium who later became a theatre proprietor, and his native-born wife Helma Louise, née Hall, of Scots and Swedish descent. As a result of a difficult birth, the infant suffered from athetoid cerebral palsy, a spastic condition against which he was to struggle all his life. Lex's 'own particular demon', as he called it in a poem, was involuntary movement of the arms, neck, face and legs which made him grimace and stagger, distorted his speech, but left his intellect and creativity unimpaired. His father died when Lex was aged 4; thereafter Banning mostly lived at Punchbowl with his mother. Although he attended public schools, and was able to read though not to write, the boy could not sit normally in class. For the most part he was left to educate himself by such means as perusing encyclopaedias. About 1936 he was found employment at Sydney Observatory; during three or four years there he learned to type. Little is known of his life for four years after leaving the observatory, except that all his teeth were extracted.    Photo of Lex Banning by photographer, year. In 1944 Lex Banning was admitted as an unmatriculated student to the faculty of arts at the University of Sydney. Over the next five years he distinguished himself scholastically, dictating all his exam papers, and became a notable figure on campus and at such downtown coffee lounges as Repin's and Lincoln Inn. Another of his haunts was the Royal George, a hotel frequented by the libertarian 'Push', where Banning drank unsteadily but to good effect. He edited the Arts Society magazine, Arna, and in 1949 co-edited the student newspaper, Honi Soit. That year he graduated with second-class honours in English and history. Banning's sardonic appearance-austere lips enclosed by a short, dark beard and moustache, sharp nose, tired, deep-set eyes and a widow's-peak hairline-was well matched by his mocking sense of humour and by his disillusioned poetry which sometimes verged on nihilism. His work, published in Meanjin, Southerly, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Bulletin, was collected in three books: Everyman His Own Hamlet (1951), The Instant's Clarity (1952) and Apocalypse in Springtime and Other Poems (1956). Although despairing, Banning's verse was, in the judgement of one critic, 'the product of a brilliant mind, agile wit and passionate heart'. Lex Banning's publications include: Insert publications.

Connie Barber (D.O.B. - ) Connie Barber, originally from Sydney lived in England from 1928-36, returned to Melbourne, studied art, and served in the AWAS 1942-45. Graduated B.A.(Hons) from the University of Melbourne and worked in the Public Service in Melbourne and London. Lived in the UK 1953-65, returned to Melbourne and taught in Melbourne Secondary Schools 1970-80. Writing published from 1980. Exhibited with the Contemporary Art Society, Victorian Artists Society and in group and solo exhibitions, and has received awards for oils and watercolour. Poems have appeared in literary publications in all Australian states, UK., Ireland, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, Canada, USA. She has four adult children. Her first book, Budgerigah Flying (Abalone Press,19890 was second in the Anne Elder Award. She received the Ian Mudie Award for "A Tale Told" in Enter Your House With Care, (Denlynne Publications, 1996) and the Society of Women Writers' Peace Award for Tower Hill Warrnambool. Her most recent book is Sand, (Five Island's Press, 2002).    Photo of Connie Barber by Ponch Hawkles, 2002. Connie Barber's publications include: Poetry: Budgerigah Flying (Abalone Press, 1989); Enter Your House With Care, (Denlynne Publications, 1996); Sand, (Five Island's Press, 2002). Connie Barber can be contacted at Email: connieb (át) alphalink (dót) com (dót) au

David Barnes (1943 - ) David Barnes was born in Australia, Paddington, New South Wales. He began writing at 18 years of age when he took up folk guitar, song writing and performing at folk centers around mainland Australia and Tasmania. He worked as a carpenter in Melbourne, leaving for the bush in the early 60's, finally settling in Perth in 1972. He worked as a Real Estate Agent for 24 years until the death of his wife; becoming a fulltime writer poet in 1996. He worked as a carpenter in Melbourne, leaving for the bush in the early 60's, finally settling in Perth 1972. He became a full-time writer poet in 1996. He also has substantial work published in two Anthologies released in 2001 & 2002 by Empowa Inc. in Western Australia. Further work has published in Firefly Magazine Vol 29 2001, USA and in the Poets Hall of Fame Anthology America released November 2001. Over the past five years he has been published online all over the world, and has had great response to his work.    Photo of David Barnes courtesy of Brandl & Schlesinger, year unknown. He has been the publisher/editor of Poetry Downunder 1998 - 2002, an online poetry site: now known as Numbat Poetry Journal in Perth, Western Australia. Currently he is the Publisher of Numbat Poetry Journal. David Barnes's publications include: Insert publications.

Greg Barnes (1962 - ) Greg Barns is a Hobart based writer. He is a lawyer and former political adviser to a number of Liberal leaders and ministers but left the Liberal Party in 2002 because of its policies towards asylum seekers. Greg writes a weekly column for the Hobart Mercury, a fortnightly column for the South China Morning Post and also writes regularly for The Age, The Australian, the Herald-Sun, the Courier-Mail and the Sydney Morning Herald. His work has also been published in the Guardian, The Independent, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Sacramento Bee, the Mail & Guardian, the Globe and Mail, the Daily Star and the Vancouver Sun. Greg has also written on Xavier Herbert for onlineopinion.com.au and for Eureka Street.    Photo of Greg Barns by The Hobart Mercury, 2001. Greg Barns's publications include: What's wrong with the Liberal Party? (Cambridge UP, 2003), Selling the Australian Government: Politics and Propaganda from Whitlam to Howard (UNSW Press, 2005). Greg Barns can be contacted at Email: republicone (át) ozemail (dót) com (dót) au (órg)

Ken Barrett (1906 - ????)

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Elizabeth Bastion (D.O.B. - )

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Catherine Bateson (D.O.B. - ) Poet and children's writer Catherine Bateson grew up in a secondhand bookshop in Brisbane. She now lives in Kyneton, Victoria. She conducts workshops, writer-in-residence programmes and author talks. Her book The Vigilant Heart, was shortlisted for the John Bray Poetry award.    Photo of Catherine Bateson by Pamela Sidney, 1989. Catherine Bateson's publications include: Poetry: Pomegranates from the Underworld, (publisher unknown, year unknown), The Vigilant Heart, (publisher unknown, year unknown), Painted Love Letters, (publisher unknown, year unknown), Children's Fiction: A Dangerous Girl, (publisher unknown, year unknown), The Year It All Happened, (publisher unknown, year unknown).

Arthur Bayldon (1865 - 1958)

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William Baylebridge (1883 - 1942)

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Eric Beach (D.O.B. - ) Poet and playwright Eric Beach was born in New Zealand, lived for a time in Tasmania and now lives in Victoria. His work has been published in every major literary magazine anthology in Australia. He was a winner of the Kenneth Slessor Prize in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Her performs at workshops, readings and events around Australia.    Photo of Eric Beach by Giles Hugo, 2000. Eric Beach's publications include: Poetry: Weeping for Lost Babylon, (Harper Collins, year unknown), Red Heart My Country, (Pardalote Press, year unknown), Saint Kilda Meets Hugo Ball, (Gargoyles Press, year unknown), In Occupied Territory, (The Saturday Centre, year unknown), A Photo of Some People in a Football Stadium, (Overland, year unknown).    Photo of Eric Beach courtesy of Brandl & Schlesinger, year unknown.

John Beaton (D.O.B. - ) Insert biographical details.    Photo of John Beaton by Pamela Sidney, late 90s. John's Beaton's publications include: Insert publications.

Madeleine Bensley (D.O.B. - )

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Mandy Beaumont (D.O.B. - ) Mandy Beaumont is a 26 year old Brisbane Poet. In 2003, Mandy won the WestEnder Poetry Prize and was the 1st resident poet for vibewire.net as part of the Australia Council's "write in you face" program. Mandy was the first poet to have her poetry displayed on a Telephone signal Box as part of the Brisbane City Council/Hands on Art "Artforce Awards" and has also had her work published in many magazines, newspapers and Youth Arts Queensland publications. Mandy is a current recipient of the 2003 Youth Arts Queensland Mentoring Program for her poetry and was invited to read at the opening night of the 2003 National Poetry Week as part of the "sin invitational mic". Mandy is also a part of the Brisbane Poets collective Speedpoets and has been published with Speedpoets on many occasions. Mandy was a guest reader at October 2003 Creative Queensland Night at Parliament House and in October was also published in Retort, Ink (UK) and Dotlit magazines. Mandy will also be involved in "Straight Out of Brisbane's Words" program as a quest panellist and performance poet in December. Mandy's writing is narratative and observational. Through the written word, Mandy explores issues that confront the reader - poetry to agitate and promote thought. Mandy's influences include the Australian Poet Michael Dransfield, the writings of Nick Cave, Charles Bukowski and the lyrics of Jeff Buckley. She has just completed her first book of poetry titled Hunger - a feast of poems, musty aromas and consuming afterthoughts".    Photo of Mandy Beaumont by Vikki Craddock, 2003. Mandy Beaumont's publications include: Insert publications.

Bruce Beaver (1928 - 2004) Bruce Beaver was born in Manly in NSW. He has been writing verse for over 50 years and worked at several jobs, including railway survey labourer (Chairman) described in the sequence of poems 'Chairman's Diary' published in Seawall & Shoreline (South Head Press, 1964). He also worked as a proof reader for the New Zealand Herald (1960-62). He has published 14 books of poetry. He lives with his wife Brenda, an Aucklander, at the same address, only in a newer building, at Manly where he lived as a child.    Photo of Bruce Beaver courtesy of Brandl & Schlesinger, year unknown. Bruce Beaver's publications include: Poetry: Letters To Live Poets,(South Head Press, 1969), As It Was, (UQP, 1979), Charmed Lives, (UQP, 1988), New and Selected Poems 1960-1990, (UQP, 1990), Anima, (UQP, 1994).

Lisa Bellear (1962 - 2006) Lisa Marie Bellear was born in Melbourne. Actively involved in Indigenous affairs throughout the country Lisa is passionate about social justice and simply looking after each other. She has been a volunteer broadcaster on 3CR community radio for eleven years on the Not Another Koori Show. Lisa has performed her poetry in many venues and has had her poetry published in many journals and anthologies. She was been nominated for the 1995 Human Rights Award for Poetry for her poem "Native Title Now". The poem provides the title of an exhibition of Aboriginal art currently touring Australia. Lisa Bellear has read at literary festivals, pubs and conferences in Australia and in the USA. In 1996 she was the Writer-in-Residence at the Australian Catholic University. She was Deputy Chair of the 1995 International Feminist Bookfair. For the past two years she has sat on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature Panel of the Australia Council as well as sitting on the selection committee of the RAKA (Ruth Adney Koori) Award. Recognition of Lisa's talents, particularly in combining images through poetry, photography and video, is growing with invitations to appear at the Adelaide Festival, the Fraser Festival of Literature, the Benalla Festival and the National Poetry Festival in 1996 where she read and exhibited her art.    Photo of Lisa Bellear by Jenni Mitchell, 1999. Lisa completed her Master of Arts degree at the University of Queensland and is doing her PhD (English) La Trobe University - contemporary indigenous issues through radio and photographic text. She lectures p/t at Vic Uni: studies of society and culture & masters in experimental learning. She is an honororary patron journey of healing, national sorry day Victoria and is working on her second collection of poetry. Lisa Bellear's publications include: Poetry: Dreaming in Urban Areas, (UQP, 1996). Go here to view the work of Lisa Bellear

Maurice Biggs (1915 - 1936)

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Tony Birch (D.O.B. - ) Tony Birch is a writer and historian who is currently teaching Creative Writing in the English Department at the University of Melbourne. He publishes in the areas of poetry, fiction and literary non-fiction. He also writes critique on Australian culture, with a particular interest in the politics of race. His poetry and short fiction is widely published in journals and anthologies in Australia such as Aedon, Meanjin, Salt, Antithesis, Cultural Studies Review and Australian Historical Studies. Tony had three poems devised for the exhibition Australian cultural issues redefined by digitally crafted domestic objects, for sculptural artist Gordon Burnett, published in exhibition catalogue, Monash University Gallery, Caulfield campus, December 1999.    Photo of Tony Birch by photographer unknown, year unknown. Tony Birch's publications include: Insert publications. Tony Birch can be contacted at Email: akbirch (át) clyde (dót) its (dót) unimelb (dót) edu (dót) au

Judith Bishop (D.O.B. - ) Dr. Judith Bishop grew up on the outskirts of Melbourne, and now lives in Sydney, where she works as a linguist and project manager. Her first collection of poems, Event, will be published by Salt Publishing in June 2007. As a linguist, she works with speakers of many different languages, and the opportunity to meet these people who have remade their lives in Australia, and to learn something of their languages, is a great privilege. Judith wrote her PhD on an Aboriginal language of the Northern Territory, Bininj Gun-wok (specifically, the dialects known as Manyallaluk Mayali, Gun-Djeihmi, Kunwinjku and Kuninjku). She has a Master of Philosophy degree in French Literature from Cambridge University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Washington University in St Louis, the latter funded by the 2002 Marten Bequest Scholarship in Poetry. She is currently studying Russian (having married a Russian), and working (in spare moments) on a translation of three prose works by the French poet Philippe Jaccottet. Her poems and reviews semi-regularly appear in Verse magazine (U.S.) and the Australian Book Review, and a recent translation of a chapter on Rilke from a book by Philippe Jaccottet is forthcoming in the poetry magazine Agenda (U.K.)'s feature issue on Rilke. Her poems have appeared in The Best Australian Poetry 2006 (UQP) and The Best Australian Poems 2006 (Black Inc.), and she was the 2006 winner of the Australian Book Review poetry prize. She will be a guest Emerging Writer at the 2007 Mildura Writers' Festival in July.    Photo of Judith Bishop by photographer unknown, year unknown. Go to Judith Bishop's website

Charles Blackman (D.O.B. - )

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Peter Bladen (1922 - )

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Nicholas Bland (D.O.B. - )

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John Blight (1913 - 1995) John Blight was born in Unley, South Australia. After his family moved to Queensland he attended Brisbane State High School. He worked as an accountant and in the timber industry. He married Beverley Madelaine D'Arcy-Irvine in 1942 with whom he had two daughters. He was part owner of a Gympie timber mill until 1968, when he returned to Brisbane, becoming a full time writer in 1973. His main inspiration was the sea, and he became known as the leading poet of sea poems, but he also covered many other themes of the human condition. Blight was awarded the 1964 Myer Award for the best Australian book of verse, the 1965 Dame Mary Gilmore Medal, the 1976 National Book Council Literary Award for Poetry, the 1976 Patrick White Literary Award, the 1977 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry, the 1980 Christopher Brennan Award. He received a Literature Board Emeritus Fellowship in 1984, and the AM for services to literature and education in 1987.    Photo of John Blight forthcoming by photographer, year. John Blight's publications include: Poetry: The Old Pianist, (publisher unknown, 1945); The Two Suns Met, (publisher unknown, 1954); A Beachcomber's Diary, (publisher unknown, 1963); My Beachcombing Days: Ninety Sea Sonnets, (publisher unknown, 1968); Hart: Poems, (publisher unknown, 1975); Selected Poems 1939-1975, (publisher unknown, 1976); Pageantry for a Lost Empire, (publisher unknown, 1978); The New City Poems, (publisher unknown, 1980); Holiday Sea Sonnets, (publisher unknown, 1985); Selected Poems 1939-1990, selected and introduced by Martin Duwell, (publisher unknown, 1992).

MML Bliss (Jenny Boult) (D.O.B. - 2005) MML Bliss was formerly known as jenny boult. She changed her name for personal reasons. She was once told in the post office of a country town in the north-east of Tasmania that she might be jenny boult on the mainland, but in Derby, she was Mrs. Smith. Poems, stories and plays by jenny boult and MML Bliss have appeared in magazines, journals and anthologies in Australia and overseas. jenny boult has been translated into French, Swedish, Norwegian, Urdu, German and Italian. MML Bliss was awarded a Booranga Writers Fellowship, Wagga Wagga, in 2002. She currently lives in Launceston, Tasmania. MML Bliss is available to conduct readings and workshops with schools and community groups. MML Bliss is President of Tasmanian Poetry Festival.    Photo of MML Bliss by Tim Thorne, 2002. MML Bliss's publications include: Poetry: The Hotel Anonymous, (Bent Enterprises, 1981), Handbaggery poems, (Bent Enterprises, 1982), flight 39, (Abalone Press, 1984), Legend!, (Cornford Press, 2002), RAVO, (poetry), (Cornford Press, 2003) Playscript: Can't Help Dreaming, (All Out Ensemble, 1982), the white rose & the bath, (Friendly St Poets, 1986), About Auntie Rose, (Omnibus / Puffin, 1988), abrasion in Hot Collation, (Penguin, 1993), here, (The Teller's House, 1999); Short Fiction: "i" is a versatile character, (Words and Visions, 1984;) Poetry Chapbook: moonshine, (PressPress 2002), unspoken, (SideWalk Collective, 2003).

James Blundell (1964 - ) Insert biographical details.    Photo of James Blundell by photographer unknown, year unknown. Go to James Blundell's website

Harry Blutstein (D.O.B. - ) Harry Blutstein has worked as a freelance journalist for 35 years, starting his career writing for the Nation Review, and has since written for many major Australian newspapers and magazines. He is also author of Australia: An Insider’s Guide, and is currently working on a book on globalization called The New Kings of Babel    Photo of Harry Blutstein by photographer, year.

Philip Blythe (D.O.B. - )

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Barcroft Boake (1866 - 1892) Barcroft Boake was born in Sydney, NSW, in 1866. A bush poet in the style of Adam Lindsay Gordon, whom he admired, Boake's best-known poem is Where the Dead Men Lie. Boake's father was a photographer who had migrated from Ireland. Boake received an education that was superior to the norm of the time and took work, in 1886, as a surveyors assistant in the Snowy river country. He then took a position as boundary rider and drover on a cattle station. He believed life in the bush to be 'the only life worth living.' In 1888 a joke hanging went badly wrong and Boake nearly died. He seems to have been obsessed with the experience, and wrote at least two separate accounts of it. He returned to Sydney in 1891, despite his love of the bush, due to family circumstances. Boake failed to manage the personal and financial problems that beset him on his return and, being of a depressive personality, on May 2nd, 1892 he disappeared from home. Eight days later his body was found, at Folly Point in the Middle Harbour scrub, hanging by the neck from a stockwhip. In this action he reflected the passing of his idol Adam Linsday Gordon twenty-two years prior to his own death. Boake used the pseudonym, 'Surcingle', when publishing what was to become his most well-known poem, Where the Dead Men Lie, and the title poem of his only volume of work which was published after Boake's death by A.G. Stephens. These details are provided courtesy of Hugh Capel.    Photo of Barcroft Boake is provided courtesy of Hugh Capel, year unknown.

Christina Booth (D.O.B. - )

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Ken Bolton (1949 - ) Ken Bolton is a poet, art critic, editor & publisher. He was born in Sydney. Since 1982 he has lived and worked in Adelaide, where he is associated with the Experimental Art Foundation. He edits Little Esther books. He edited the literary magazines Magic Sam (1970s) & Otis Rush (1980s & 90s). Ken Bolton's art criticism has appeared chiefly in Adelaide, in The Broadsheet, Artlink, Otis Rush and regularly in the early 90s in The Advertiser. Ken Bolton runs the Experimental Art Founation bookshop. He has published less often as a literary critic: in Otis Rush, Overland, Australian Book Review and published a significant reassessment of Les Murray's work in Heat magazine. The Westbury Street Poems won Melbourne University's Michel Wesley Wright Prize for 1990. Two Poems - A Drawing of the Sky was shortlisted for the 1991 Victorian Premier's Award.    Photo of Ken Bolton courtesy of Brandl & Schlesinger, year unknown. Ken Bolton's publications include: Poetry: Four Poems, (Sea Cruise Books, 1977), Blonde and French, (Island Press, 1978), Christ's Entry into Brussels or Ode to the Three Stooges, (Red Press, 1978), Two Sestinas - beer rhymes, (Bier press, 1980), Talking To You, (Rigmarole Books, 1983), Blazing Shoes, (Open Dammit, 1984), Notes For Poems, (Shocking Looking Books, 1984), Two Poems - A Drawing of the Sky, (Experimental Art Foundation, 1990), Sestina To The Centre Of The Brain, (Little Esther, 1991), Selected Poems, (Penguin, 1992), 'Untimely Meditations' & other poems, (Wakefield Press, 1997), Happy Accidents, (Little Esther, 1999), August 6th, (Little Esther, 1999), Airborne Dogs, (with John Jenkins), (Brunswick Hills, 1988), The Ferrara Poems, (a verse novel with John Jenkins), (Experimental Art Foundation, 1989), The Gutman Variations, (with John Jenkins), (Little Esther, 1997), The Wallah Group, (with John Jenkins), (Little Esther, 2001). Non-Fiction: Homage To John Forbes, (editor), (Wakefield Press, 2001), Audio: Ken Bolton 'live' at the Club Foote, (EAF & Little Esther, 1987). Ken Bolton can be contacted at Postal Address: PO Box 8091 Station Arcade Adelaide SA 5000 Australia. Email: eafbooks (át) eaf (dót) asn (dót) au   Go to Ken Bolton's website

Cameron Borg (1964 - ) Born in Australia, and have lived in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Malaysia! Currently a resident of Rockhampton. Cameron Borg has written five books of poetry to date. He is also the author of "PUNK ROCKhampton" - a history of independent music in Central Queensland 1979-1999 (Moonlight Publications, 2000). In 2005 he formed "d.c." with Danielle Vallis and released a demo CD album "Happy in the haze of a drunken hour" featuring 10 Vallis-Borg originals. Cameron has over 20 years in independent music, notable (notorious?) bands inc Smegma, Dog-Chairs & Hamster Baby; editor of APiTO zine since 1988, started in zines in 1985; APiTO zine now into its 20th issue. Influences: beat punk riot grrl; spoken word performances inc: Idiom 23 lit journal 2002 launch, Rockhampton Art Gallery (with Kristin Hannaford), POETIZE (2001, 2002), Keppel Arts Festival (2003), Walter Reid Cultural Centre (2001-2003). also hosted zine workshops in CQ. zines / street press fff (1985-1987) *editor apito (1988- ) *editor pulp (1998) *regular contributor pretty ugly (1999- ) *co-founder speel (2003- *regular contributor; also contributed to many zines inc. DNA, Maximum Rock n Roll. Over 20 years in independent music, notable (notorious?) bands inc Smegma, Dog-Chairs & Hamster Baby; editor of APiTO zine since 1988, started in zines in 1985; APiTO zine now into its 20th issue; influences: beat punk riot grrl;    Photo Cameron Borg by Angela Philipoom, 1994. lit influences: shelley, christina rossetti, w.b. yeats, katherine mansfield, jack kerouac, allen ginsberg, ann quin, pagan kennedy. poetry published: some other kinds of poems (1998), spring hill blues (1999), shb (spoken word) (2000), haiku on broadway (2003); highly commended / commended (poems / short stories) Bauhinia Lit Awards (1999-2001); spoken word performances inc: Idiom 23 lit journal 2002 launch, Rockhampton Art Gallery (with Kristin Hannaford), POETIZE (2001, 2002), Keppel Arts Festival (2003), Walter Reid Cultural Centre (2001-2003). also hosted zine workshops in CQ. zines / street press fff (1985-1987) *editor apito (1988- ) *editor pulp (1998) *regular contributor pretty ugly (1999- ) *co-founder speel (2003- ) *regular contributor; also contributed to many zines inc. DNA, Maximum Rock n Roll. Cameron Borg interviews musicians and performers for Thylazine. Cameron Borg's publications include: Poetry: Some Other Kinds of Poems, (publisher unknown, 1998), Spring Hill Blues, (publisher unknown, 1999), Haiku on Broadway, (publisher unknown, 2003), Illuminated Haiku on Broadway, (publisher unknown, 2004), and Garbage Flowers, (publisher unknown, 2005). Currently awaiting publication is his latest work Visions of Nick Drake, (due 2006); Non-Fiction: PUNK ROCKhampton, (Music History), (Moonlight, 2000); Works in progress; Fighting Parson, (non-fiction biography) SCREAMFEEDER (rock band biography) commisioned by Moonlight and In the City, (novel). Cameron Borg can be contacted at: Postal Address: PO Box 6280 Central Queensland mail centre Qld 4702 Australia. Email: apito (át) starmail (dót) com    Go to Cameron Borg's website

Kerry Borg (1966-2003) Kerry was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, and at various times in her life was a resident of Brisbane, Ipswich, Amberley, Rosewood, Melbourne, Rockhampton, Butterworth (Malaysia), and finally Yeppoon on Queensland's Capricorn Coast. Although a teacher by profession, Kerry was always interested in spirituality, and her books of poetry reflect her life's passion in seeking answers to the important questions of life. Kerry published Seeds of Wisdom in 1995, and her second book Seek Within was published in 2000. Both books were positively reviewed in many new age magazines and journals including the Silver Cord & Golden Age magazines. Kerry's poems were commended in the Bauhinia Literary Awards, and she was a guest reader at the Centenary of Federation poetry event at Emu Park in 2001. Kerry travelled to the UK, Ireland, and Croatia in 2002, and continued to work on new poetry up until her untimely death in a car accident on June 2nd, 2003. It is hoped that these unpublished poems will be published in the near future. (submitted by her brother Cameron Borg 12/1/2004).    Photo of Kerry Borg by Zoran Cica, 2002. Kerry Borg's publications include: Poetry: Seeds of Wisdom, (self-published, 1995), Seek Within, (publisher unknown, 2000).

Janice Bostok (1942 - ) Janice M. Bostok was born at Mullumbimby, NSW. Education: schooling at Mullumbimby, BA from University of Queensland. She has an international reputation as a haiku poet, editor and judge. She has been published in many anthologies in Australia, Japan, the USA, England, Canada, Greece, Poland and Romania. In the 1970s she edited and published TWEED. Since then she has edited for HOBO, Paper Wasp, Scope, Yellow Moon, Red Moon (USA) and Stylus ezine. She co-edited The First Australian Haiku Anthology on the HaikuOz website. She also writes. and has published, short stories, non-fiction and general verse. She has won various contests and awards; one being a Haiku Society of America Book Award in 1974. She has given workshops, talks and been guest poet at Poetry Festivals in Australia and New Zealand. At Katikati in New Zealand Janice has had two haiku carved on rocks in a council park. She enjoy extending her writing to other artforms and has had her haiku and sumi-e on pottery. Her latest books are Collected Tanka (PostPressed, 2004) and Two Thirds of Why (Impressed Publishing, 2004).    Photo of Janice Bostok by Bruce Divine, 1995. Janice Bostok's publications include: Poetry: Banana Leaves, (haiku) (self-published, 1972); Walking into the Sun, (haiku) (Shelters Press, 1974); Hearing the Wind, (haiku) (self-published, 19760; On Sparse Brush, (general verse), (Makar Gargoyle Poets Series, 1978); Silver Path of Moon, (5 erotic haibun), (PostPressed, 1996); Still Waters, (one lined haiku) (EarthDance, 1997); The Farmer Tends His Land, (solo renga) (Tiny Poems Press, 1997); Shadow-Patches, (haibun) (Hallard Press, 1998); A Splash of Sunlight, (haiku) (self-published, 1998); Dimmed the Mystery, (tanka) (Snapshots Press, 2000); Treading Water, (sumi-e artwork), (self-published, 2000); Reaching Out From Dreaming, (tanka) (self-published, 2001); Collected Tanka (PostPressed, 2004) and Two Thirds of Why (Impressed Publishing, 2004). Janice Bostok can be contacted at Email: janbos (át) dodo (dót) com (dót) au   Go to Janice Bostok's website

Elizabeth Bott (D.O.B. - )

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Peter Boyle (1951 - ) Peter Boyle was born in Melbourne. His family moved to Sydney in 1961. After High School he studied Arts at the University of Sydney. He has worked as a teacher of English, History and Communications in high schools and in TAFE and now lives in Sydney with his wife and two children. His first book of poetry, Coming home from the world won the NSW Premiers Award as well as the National Book Council Banjo Award. A second book, The Blue Cloud of Crying also won the Banjo Award and the Adelaide Festival Poetry Prize. His poems and articles on poetry have appeared in numerous magazines including, Verse (USA), Poetry Review (UK), Poetry (USA), La Traductiere (France), Revista Casa de Silva (Colombia), Heat, Southerly, Imago and Salt. Selections of his poetry have been included in the recent anthologies, Landbridge (Fremantle Arts Centre Press) and Calyx, (Paper Bark Press). He has translated extensively from French and Spanish poets, notably Lorca, Vallejo, Eugenio Montejo and Pierre Reverdy. His translations have appeared in American Poetry Review (January 1999), Boxkite, Heat, Southerly and Varuna New Poetry.    Photo of Peter Boyle by David Boyle, 1999. Peter Boyle's publications include: Poetry: Coming home from the world, (Five Islands Press, 1994), The Blue Cloud of Crying, (Five Islands Press, 1997), I am going to speak of hope, (translations of poems by Cesar Vallejo), the Peruvian Consulate Sydney, 1999, Acceptance of Silent Water, (Vagabond Press, 2000), What the painter saw in our faces, (Five Islands Press, 2001.

Meghan Boynton (1983 - ) Megan Boynton is a 17 year-old indigenous Australian poet who lives at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. She recently completed Year 12. Meghan takes interest in all outdoor activities including poetry and reading. Her work has been presented at the Melbourne Writers Festival by Lisa Bellear. As a result of that day a CD was recorded called Creating A Space. Meghan writes about personal experiences that have affected her life as well as experiences she has heard of from the Aboriginal community in Balranald.    Photo of Meghan Boynton by photographer unknown, year unknown. Meghan Boynton's publications include: Details of publications unknown.

Susan Bower (D.O.B. - ) Susan Bower is a poet and graphic artist. She has been published in a wide range of literary journals.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Susan Bower's publications include: Poetry: Factory Joker, (Five Islands Press, 1996).

Mark Bowling (D.O.B. - )

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James Bradley (1967 - ) James Bradley was born in Adelaide, and lives in Sydney. He has worked as a law clerk, judge's associate, solicitor, research assistant and editor. His first novel, Wrack won a FAW Literature Award and Katherine Mitchell Literary Award winner, and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. His book of poetry, Paper Nautilus, was shortlisted for the national Book Council's Banjo Award. His second novel, The Deep Field, was released in 1999.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. James Bradley's publications include: Poetry: Paper Nautilus, (publisher unknown, 1994), Prose: Wrack, (publisher unknown, 1997), Anthology (Ed): Blur: Stories by Young Australian Writers, (publisher unknown, 1996).

E. J. Brady (1869 - 1952)

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David Branson (D.O.B. - 2002 ) "Theatre identity David Branson died in a car accident in 2002. David Branson's legacy of passion, love and art has torched the towers of complacency and smugness. His death prompts much reflection and analysis of what it is to be an artist. David's sympathies were always with the anarchists and those who defied orthodoxy of any kind. He shunned the easier roads that might have absorbed his talent and energy. He understood the risks of contributing to the dominant culture and allowing it to sap his will and limited hours. For David's limited hours were spent in constant acts of giving to those he considered travelling on the same waves of creative energy. Anything that hindered the creative spirit was the enemy and had to be opposed. The result was that David was constantly causing ripples wherever he found complacency and stagnation. David gave new meaning to chaos theory. He achieved works of art through constant breaking of form and unity. In doing this, he paradoxically liberated others to achieve the finality which he shunned." Written by Joe Woodward in memory of David Branson.    Photo of David Branson by Pamela Sidney, 1989. David Branson's publications include: Publication details unknown.

Bev Braune (D.O.B. - ) Dr. Bev Braune's poetry and essays have appeared in anthologies and literary magazines in Australia, the USA, Canada, England, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean. Her special areas of interest and expertise are Poetics, the poetry of the ancient Americas and Old Norse/Old Icelandic poetry. She has been a guest of poetry and writers' festivals, poetry editor for literary magazines, given lectures and presented papers at conferences in Australia and Europe, and taught Philosophy of Drama and English.    Photo of Bev Braune by Thoran Braune, 1996. As a recipient of research grants, she travelled to the USA, the UK, Germany and the Eastern Caribbean. In 1999 and 2001 she was a guest writer on-line for Literature courses at Cogswell College and Tennessee State University in the USA. Bev Braune holds Bachelor (Literature, Languages & Philosophy) and Master of Philosophy (on Eugene O'Neill) from the University of the West Indies at Mona, and a Doctorate in Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong, Australia, for her creative and scholarly work on "Skulváði Úlfr: Historical Lacunae and Poetic Space". Dr Braune lives in Sydney where she is currently working on the second volume of Skulváði Úlfr. Bev Braune's publications include: Poetry: Dream Diary, (Savacou, 1982), Camouflage, (Bloodaxe/ Dufour Editions, 1998), Skulváði Úlfr and its Companion Reader (first volume, comprising 7 Books), (publisher unknown, 1999).

Christopher Brennan (1870 - 1932) Christopher Brennan published his first collection of poems, in booklet form, in 1897. Before then he had travelled to Berlin to study philosophy, and on his return to Australia, worked as a librarian while writing his first collection of poems. In 1909 he became lecturer in modern literature at the University of Sydney, later associate professor in German and comparative literature.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Christopher Brennan's publications include: Insert publications.

Michael Brennan (1973 - )

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John Lee Brereton (1871 - 1933)

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Doris Brett (1950 - ) Doris Brett is a clinical psychologist as well as poet and author. She lives in Melbourne. Her first book of poetry The Truth About Unicorns was the winner of the FAW Anne Elder award and the ASAL Mary Gilmore Award. Her second book of poetry, In the Constellation of the Crab, was the winner of the 1994 Queensland Premier's Award, the 1995 FAW John Shaw Neilson Award, and the Northern Territory Premier's Award for Poetry.    Photo of Doris Brett courtesy of Brandl & Schlesinger, year unknown. Doris Brett's publications include: Poetry: The Truth about Unicorns, (publisher unknown, 1984); In the Constellation of the Crab, (publisher unknown, 1996); Prose: Looking For Unicorns (publisher unknown, 1992) Eating the Underworld: A Memoir in Three Voices (publisher unknown, 2001) Annie Stories: Helping Young Children Meet the Challenges of Growing Up, (publisher unknown, 1986), More Annie Stories: Therapeutic Storytelling Techniques, (publisher unknown, 1992).

R.F.Brissendon (1928 - 1991) Robert Francis Brissenden was born in Wentworthville, Sydney and educated at the Universities of Sydney and Leeds. He held teaching and research positions at several Australian and overseas universities, including the Australian National University where he was a lecturer and then a reader in the English Department from 1957-85. He was a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council from 1977-81, and served as chairman from 1978-81. He also held the positions of associate editor of Meanjin from 1959-64 and literary editor of the Australian from 1964-65. Brissenden died in Canberra in 1991.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. R.F.Brissenden's publications include: Poetry: Winter Matins and other poems, (publisher unknown, 1971); Elegies: nine poems, (publisher unknown, 1974); The Whale in Darkness, (publisher unknown, 1980); Sacred Sites, (publisher unknown, 1990). Crime Fiction: Poor Boy, (publisher unknown, 1987), Wildcat, (publisher unknown, 1991). Anthology (Ed): Southern Harvest, (publisher unknown, 1964); Australian Poetry, (publisher unknown, 1972).

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Chris Broadribb (D.O.B. - ) I have a computer science degree and used to work as a computer programmer. I have an MA in creative writing and a Graduate Diploma in Journalism from UTS. I've had articles published in newspapers and magazines and short stories published in literary magazines and on websites. I self-published two short novels, one for adults and one for kids. I've written a manuscript for a full length novel which I'm seeking a publisher for.    Photo of Chris Broadribb by photographer unknown, year unknown.

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David Brooks (1953 - ) David Brooks' first collection of poetry, The Cold Front, won the Ann Elder Award and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Prize. His first collection of stories, The Book of Sei, was hailed in The Nation Review as 'the most exciting short-fiction debut in Australia since Peter Carey's The Fat Man in History. Born in Canberra, he went to the United States as an exchange student in 1969/70. After study at the Australian National University, he returned to North America to take his MA and PhD (a thesis on Ezra Pound) at the University of Toronto (1975-1980), during which period he served as overseas editor for New Poetry. Since returning to Australia he has taught at various Australian universities (the A.N.U., the University of Western Australia, the University of N.S.W.) and edited various journals (Helix, The Phoenix Review). He is currently senior lecturer in Australian Literature at the University of Sydney, where he is also co-editor of Southerly. A second collection of poetry, Walking to Point Clear, and a further collection of short fiction, Napoleon's Roads, are forthcoming from Paperbark Press. Two new novels (The Mountains and the Plain and The Umbrella Club) are in advanced stages of preparation. David Brooks' work has been translated into several languages, and widely published and anthologised overseas. He lives with the poet (and author of Oyster), Nicolette Stasko, and their daughter Jessica.    Photo of David Brooks by Jenni Mitchell, 1999. David Brooks's publications include: Poetry: The Cold Front, (Hale & Iremonger, 1983), DeScription, (Vagabond Press, 2000); Short Fiction: The Book of Sei, (Hale & Iremonger, 1986/Faber & Faber 1987), Sheep and the Diva, (McPhee Gribble, 1990), Black Sea, (Allen & Unwin, 1997); Fiction: The House of Balthus, (Allen & Unwin, 1995); Non-Fiction: The Necessary Jungle,(essays), (McPhee Gribble, 1990), A.D. Hope Selected Poems, (editor), (HarperCollins/A&R, 1991), The Double Looking Glass: New and Classic Essays on the Poetry of A.D. Hope, (editor), (University of Queensland Press, 2000), Poetry and Gender (edited with Brenda Walker), (UQP, 1989, Suddenly Evening: Selected Poems of R.F. Brissenden, (editor), (McPhee Gribble, 1991).

Geoff Brooks (1962 - ) Geoff Brooks came to poetry through a love of music, particularly through the influence of Bob Dylan and Robert Johnson. He became active in the street poetry movement in Melbourne during the 1980s, performing in numerous cafes and pubs with Thom the Poet, Liz Hall, Lauren Williams, Kominos, Ken Smeaton, Kerry Loughrey, Pamela Sidney and many others. His first poetry was published in the Lauren Williams led "Big Bang" in 1985 and soon after appeared on 3CR's "People in Performance". In the early 90's he was part of an improvised music/poetry combo lead by Thom the Poet called "We Are Alive", which had a regular gig at the Art House pub in North Melbourne. A shift to Wollongong in New South Wales in the early 90s saw him start a small poetry group with local enthusiast Lee Brunckhorst. Geoff is now back in Melbourne.    Photo of Geoff Brooks by Amanda Howard, 2005. Geoff Brooks publications include: Poetry: Backyard Cricket (Big Bang, Vol. 3, St Kilda, 1985) Sprinting up Hills (MUSE April, Melbourne, 1992) Political Poem No. 4 (Farrago Creative Writing Edition, Melbourne, 1992), Bob Dylan's Story in Three Paragraphs (Tertangala Volume 20.3, Wollongong, March 1994), Utrecht (Tower Poetry, Vol. 50 No. 1, Hamilton Canada, 2001), 40 Days (The Lost Words, Vol.1, Brisbane, 2006) Assassin's Song (The Lost Words, Vol.1, Brisbane, 2006). Geoff Brooks can be contacted at Email: gbrooks (át) swin (dót) edu (dót) au  Go to Geoff Brooks's website

Garry Broomfield (D.O.B. - ) Biographical details forthcoming.    Photo of Garry Broomfield by photographer unknown, year unknown. Garry Broomfield's publications include: Publication details forthcoming. Garry Broomfield can be contacted at Email: garrybr (át) optusnet (dót) com (dót) au

Helene Brophy (1940 - ) Helene Brophy became a writer and poet at the age of 12 as a lonely Boarding school girl and was published in English children's short story magazines. The usual track was followed by editing school magazines every year and into University days. She became a street poet also at a very young age and began to be published in newspapers and small literary magazines. Canberra Parents involvement with girl's Education was published by the Victorian Education Department 1983. After writing Women's Studies Courses she taught those courses for many years which included a Communications Skills component especially for Women only'. Brophy was in the right place at the right time when money was available to direct Multicultural Festivities at the first Writer's Centre in Melbourne where poetry and short stories were read by people from many countries along with music played on instruments of countries of origin. Being a musician and journalist herself allowed her to do most of the PR work involved in nurturing women in writing and music and biography writing at University, TAFE and Community level. Her early works were for American papers and Journals such as WomanPoet, Mississippi Mud, The New Yorker, New York Literary Times, Supplement London, Nation Review, Canberra Times, Heathcote Free Press, Rural Women's Programme Newsletter, Women In Harmony 1&2. Brophy's works have been read at Melbourne Town Hall, Harold Park Pub in Sydney, The Women's Shelter, New Orleans USA, Women's Drug and Alcohol Rehab. The Bronx, USA, Literary Conferences in Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Darwin.    Photo of Helene Brophy by unknown studio photographer, 1995. Other work was read in The Writer's Centre Melbourne, International Women's Celebrations for ten years at Mc Millan College VCAH, Women's Day Dinners (8th March) every year, including TAFE, Sale, The Writer's Centre Perth, The Malthouse Melbourne. Among Brohpy's many works in Progress include Time's Child. The Skins Of A Rhythm Man. (See article in Thylazine No.6. Creativity And Cystic Fibrosis.) At 62, Helene Brophy is disabled due to a car accident involving some kangaroos. She has remained a writer since the accident 16 years ago, sometimes in a somewhat befuddled drugged state work which always needs rewriting but is also very funny to reread too. Helene Brophy's publications include: Poetry: Pointy-Heads and other poems, (Poll Press, 1970), Horns Of Dilemma, (Papyrus Publishing, 1996).

Kevin Brophy (D.O.B. - ) Kevin Brophy was founding editor, with Myron Lysenko, of Going down Swinging from 1980 to 1994 (14 issues). He teaches in and coordinates the creative writing program in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Melbourne.    Photo of Kevin Brophy by Pamela Sidney, 1989/90. Kevin Brophy's publications include: Poetry: Portrait in Skin, (Five Island Press, 2002), Seeing Things, (Five Islands Press, 1997), Replies to the Questionnaire on Love, (Five Islands Press, 1992); Essays: Explorations in Creative Writing, (Melbourne University Publishing, 2003), Creativity: Psychoanalysis, Surrealism and Creative Writing, (Melbourne University Press, 1998); Novel: The Hole through the Centre of the World, (Simon & Schuster/New Endeavour, 1992), Visions, (Angus & Robertson, 1989l), Getting Away with It, (Wildgrass Books, 1982).

Jen Jewel Brown (1952 - ) Brown's first poetry reading was at La Mama in 1971. She's the author of Marsupial Wrestling (Outback Press), Skyhooks Million Dollar Riff (Dingo Books), Alleycat (Feral Books) and gutter Vs stars (Flat Chat Press). Previously known as Jenny Brown (as a journalist on staff at Planet, The Digger, Rolling Stone and Nation Review), Jenny Hunter Brown (RAM Magazine, Sunday Telegraph) and Zesta (Nation Review), she also worked in music, signing Yothu Yindi to Mushroom and writing songs for Dragon's O Zambezi. Her anti-war performance poem "Unwilling" (2003) was televised by Channel 7 and 10 news. She co-edited Shelton Lea's Nebuchadnezzar (Black Pepper Publishing) with Gig Ryan. Brown was the Spinning Room's "call back" female poet of the year 2005, and won the 2006 Greater Dandenong Poetry Prize. She lives in West Heidelberg with two kids and two dogs.    Photo of Jen Jewel Brown by photographer unknown, 2007. Jen Jewel Brown can be contacted at: Email: jenjewelbrown (át) fastmail (dót) fm    Go to Jen Jewel Brown's website

Pam Brown (D.O.B. - ) Pam Brown was born in Seymour, Victoria, Australia. She has lived in various locations in eastern Australia and currently lives in Sydney. She has written thirteen books of poetry and prose and some chapbooks. She has also written reviews and articles for literary & art journals. She has worked at Sydney College of the Arts, the Tin Sheds Art Workshop at Sydney University and the Experimental Art Foundation in Adelaide. She has taught film, video & studio research at the College of Fine Art, Sydney. Since 1997 she has been the poetry editor for the literary quarterly, "overland" magazine.    Photo of Pam Brown by Jane Zemiro, 2002. Pam Brown's publications include: Poetry: Text thing, (Little Esther Books, 2001), Dear Deleria, (Salt Publishing, 2003).

Season BubbleGirl (D.O.B. - ) Season BubbleGirl is a writer with the added challenge of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. A Doggy Diary was her first published book. At just twenty five years of age, Season is a rising and versatile author. She has written a large variety of fiction, poetry, articles, and word puzzles. All the joke collections are free. Despite some very real disadvantges, Season does not see her 'disability' as stopping her from achieving her goals as a promising new author. Season BubbleGirl runs her own unique and popular website "where her individuality shines".    Photo of Season BubbleGirl by BubbleGirl's Mother, 2005. Season BubbleGirl's publications include: PDA Manual, (Toshiba Australia, 2004), A Doggy Diary, (Holy Fire, 2004; Carpe Diem, 2006 - available through shaminosrealm.com.au), Absolute Individual: Life In A Bubble, (Poseidon/ Fultus, 2005 and available through Angus & Robertson), The Christian Jokes collection, (Self-published, 2004), Feline Funnies, (Self-published, 2005), Doggy Jokes, (Self-published, 2005) and Bloopers and Super Dooper Errors, (Self-published, 2005). Season BubbleGirl can be contacted at: Email: bubblegirl (át) optusnet (dót) com (dót) au   Go to Season BubbleGirl's website

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Vincent Buckley (1925 - 1988) Vincent Buckley was born in country Victoria, and was educated by the Jesuits in Melbourne and at the universities of Melbourne and Cambridge. He was appointed professor of English at Melbourne University and was a central figure in the contemporary, somewhat academic style of poetry that developed there in the 1950s and 60s. His later poetry shows the influence of Robert Lowell’s Life Studies (1959). His first book of poems was The World’s Flesh (1954) and he went on to publish and edit over a dozen books of poetry, essays and criticism. His best known book of poems is Golden Builders (1976). He was deeply interested in Irish politics, culture, and history, and spent much of his later years in Ireland. He was awarded the Christopher Brennan award in 1982.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Vincent Buckley's publications include: Insert publications.

Charles Buckmaster (1952 - 1972) Charles Buckmaster was born in Gruyere in rural Victoria. In 1968 he went to Melbourne and attended the La Mama poetry workshops in Melbourne and edited the roneod magazine The Great Auk (1968–70). His first book was Deep Blue and Green selected by Michael Dugan and published by Crosscurrents (1970). Prism Poets (associated with New Poetry magazine) in Sydney published his The Lost Forest in 1971 alongside books by Robyn Ravlich, Tim Thorne and Robert Adamson. It is rumoured that he burned his manuscripts before he committed suicide at the age of 21. Simon MacDonald edited and published a Collected Poems in 1989.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Charles Buckmaster's publications include: Insert publications.

John Burge (D.O.B. - )

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Juliana Burgesen-Bednareck (1952 - ) Juliana Burgesen-Bednareck was born in Brisbane and graduated from the University of Queensland in 1975. Her book, Bermuda and the Other islands, was Highly Commended in the 2000 Mary Gilmore Award competition.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. Juliana Burgesen-Bednareck's publications include: Poetry: Mission Brown Chihuahua, written under the pseudonym Anna Cameron; (publisher unknown, 1993); Bermuda and the Other Islands, (publisher unknown, 2000).

Andrew Burke (D.O.B. - ) Andrew Burke is an Australian poet who has lived most of his life on the west coast in Perth. Born in Melbourne in 1944, Burke's family moved west to expand the family business eighteen months later. In his teens, Burke read Kerouac and Ginsberg and other 'Beat' writers, and they gained his interest more than the Hardy and company he was studying at school. He started to ape their style in all he wrote, and published his first short story at 18. He has written on a daily basis ever since - stories, plays, poems, and - to feed wife and children - ads and videos, annual reports and press releases. Since 1990, Burke has taught creative writing and allied subjects at universities, TAFE colleges and writing centres. He is presently (2004) a PhD candidate at Edith Cowan University, writing a novel and an exegesis on post-modern styles in prose writing. He has read and compered readings from Singapore to Wagga Wagga.    Photo of Andrew Burke by Miles Burke, 2001. Andrew Burke's publications include: Poetry: Let's Face the Music and Dance (Peter Jeffery, 1975), On the Tip of my Tongue (FACP, 1983), Mother Waits for Father Late (FACP, 1992), Pushing at Silence (SALT, 1996), Whispering Gallery (Sunline Press, 2001), and Knock on Wood (Picaro Press, 2003). Andrew Burke can be contacted at Email: aburke (át) iinet (dót) net (dót) au   Go to Andrew Burke's website

Colleen Burke (1943 - ) Colleen Burke, award winning poet and author, has had numerous books published including eight poetry books, a biography and oral histories. Her Awards include; the edge of it - Shortlisted in the NSW State Literary Awards - 1993, three small grants from the Literature Board of the Australia Council, two Varuna Writing Fellowships - Eleanor Dark Foundation, Katoomba, NSW (1998 and 2002) and a NSW Writers' Fellowship in 2000. (NSW Ministry for the Arts). She is co-editor with Vincent Woods of The Turning Wave - Poems and Songs of Irish Australia, 2001. Colleen has had extensive experience as a facilitator of poetry and creative writing workshops. Her poetry, prose and autobiographical writing are represented in several anthologies, including Wee Girls - women writing from an Irish perspective.    Photo of Colleen Burke by Russ Hermann, 1997. Colleen Burke's publications include: Poetry: Go Down Singing, (Kashmick Press, Sydney, 1974), Hags, Rags and Scriptures, (Cochon, 1977), The Incurable Romantic, (Outback Press, 1979), She Moves Mountains, (Redress/Wild & Woolley, 1984), the edge of it, (Feakle Press, 1992), Wildlife in Newtown, (Feakle Press, 1994), Home Brewed and Lethal - new and selected poems, (Cochon, Maleny, 1997), Pirouetting on a precipice - Poems of the Blue and White Mountains, (Seaview Press, 2000); Non-Fiction: Doherty's Corner - The Life and Work of Marie E.J. Pitt, (biography), (Angus & Robertson, 1985), You manage with yours and I manage with mine, (NSW Labor Council, 1992), My World Alight - the Life and Work of Amy Hall, (WWR, 1999); Anthology: The Turning Wave - Poems and Songs of Irish Australia, (co-editor with V. Woods), (Kardoorair Press, 2001).

John Muk Muk Burke (1946 - ) John Muk Muk Burke teaches Aboriginal studies at the Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at Northern Territory University. He was born in Nerranderra, NSW, and trained as teacher in New Zealand, where he lived for a time. In 1993 he won the John Upton award for an unpublished manuscript by an Aboriginal writer. His first novel, Bridge of Triangles, was published in 1994, and won the David Unaipon Prize. In 2000, he won the Kate Challis RAKA Award for his collection of poems, Night Song and Other poems.    Photo of poet by photographer, year. John Muk Muk Burke's publications include: Poetry: Night Song and Other Poems, (publisher unknown, 2000); Novel: Bridge of Triangles, (publisher unknown, 1994).

Joanne Burns (1945 - ) Joanne Burns is a Sydney poet. She also writes short fiction, including monologues and future fictions. She is completing a new poetry collection all of me. A sample of her work, 'people like that', from a number of her books, was published by Picaro Press in the Wagtail series (No:1) in 2001. The title poem (a poem in 17 parts) from the out of print collection penelope's knees is to be published by Picaro Press later in 2002. Her work has been widely published in magazines, journals and anthologies. Her writing has been produced for theatre and radio. The title piece from 'blowing bubbles in the 7th lane' has been produced as a radio drama by ABC Radio National, and a number of her monologues have also been produced by ABC Radio, most recently two monologues of obsession 'bare feet' and ergo sum', under the production title of 'missionary positions'.    Photo of Joanne Burns by Loma Bridge, 2002. Joanne Burns's publications include: Poetry: Snatch, (Strange Faeces Press, 1972), Ratz, (The Saturday Centre, 1973), Adrenalin Flicknife, (The Saturday Centre, 1975), Alphabatics, (The Saturday Centre, 1976), Radio City 2am, (with Stefanie Bennett and Ruth K. Fordham), (Cochon Press, 1977), Correspondences, (with Pamela Brown), (Red Press, 1979), ventriloquy, (Sea Cruise 1981), blowing bubbles in the 7th lane, (FAB Press, 1988), on a clear day, (UQP, 1992, penelope's knees, (UQP, 1996), aerial photography, (Five Islands Press, 1999), on a clear day, (2nd Edition) (ETT Imprint book), 2002).

Vera Burrows (D.O.B. - ) I am a retired graduate teacher of English and English Literature having been educated and employed in the UK. I now live on the Gold Coast, Queensland. I have become a member of the Queensland Writers Centre. I have had several magazine articles published in the UK and one adapted by the Daily Mail (UK) as a two page human interest feature. I have also had the offer of publication by Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Ltd, UK for a travelogue entitled The Diary Of An Unseasoned Traveller. I have entered numerous writing competitions submitting short stories and poetry. Successes to date are a high commendation from the Llandudno Fringe Festival in North Wales, for my poem, 'To Roost Under Colwyn Pier' when I was invited to read with prize winners at the public performance. More recently I was shortlisted in the Gold Coast Writers' Association Short Story Competition 2007 with my work 'Finding Ben'.    Photo of Vera Burrows and friend by photographer unknown, year unknown. I have had two poems included in anthologies produced by the International Society of Poets. My first novel, Evergreen is in its final draft having been professionally assessed. I found the assessment both constructive and encouraging. My second novel, Maternal Instincts is in its embryonic stage and I have various other ideas for future projects. Outside the field of writing, my leisure interests include reading, travel, cooking, spectator sports and tap dancing. My philosophy on life is simple - respect.

Andrew Byrne (1967 - ) Over the years I have written hundreds of poems, ranging from love and life, to inspirational and humorous poems and various other subjects, along with writing many novels, with my stories covering adult fiction, ranging from murder mysteries to thrillers, to science fiction and science fiction horror, plus a variety of other subjects. I have been awarded with certificates and various awards for my exceptional written work in both my novels and poetry. I have won many awards for my poetry and my novels, including, top three placings in poetry competitions, and numerous 1st placings, creative writing awards for my novels, and outstanding achievement, certificates of honour and readers choice awards, Book Design Awards and multiple 1st and 2nd placing's in competitions. All of my published titles are available through my website, Shamino's Realm, or can be ordered through Dymocks book stores Australia wide.    Photo of Andrew Byrne and friends by Patricia Mockford, 2005. Andrew Byrne can be contacted at Postal Address: PO Box 605, St. Agnes, SA, 5097, Australia. Email: andrew (dót) byrne (át) shaminosrealm (dót) com (dót) au   Go to Andrew Byrne's website

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