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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. |
