Mark O’Connor
Thursday, January 3rd, 20081. Australian Poet
- O’Connor’s official site
2. ABC
- short piece on O’Connor as 2000 Olympics poet.
Popularity: 37% [?]
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Adam Aitken
Sunday, June 3rd, 20071. Wikipedia- Brief bio but main reward is the links at bottom of page - one of the better Wikipedia entries
2. Adam Aitken’s Cambodia Diary- a blog commenced in May 2007
Popularity: 37% [?]
Hal Colebatch
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007- page summarising Colebatch’s latest collection, ‘The Light River’
2. The Rathouse
- a brief biography
3. Wikipedia
- another brief biography.
Popularity: 36% [?]
Kenneth Slessor
Saturday, October 14th, 20061. National Library of Australia
- a biography and detailed description of Slessor’s papers - fascinating information
2. WzDD’s HSC Info Page
- one HSC student’s notes on a range of Slessor’s poems: Sleep, Wild Grapes, North Country, Country Towns, Captain Dobbin
Popularity: 12% [?]
Lisa Bellear
Sunday, September 24th, 20061. Arts Hubs Australia
- a biography / obituary for Bellear who died in July 2006
2. Australian Society of Authors - Web of Poets
- hear Bellear read some of her work
- bibliography
- sample poems
3. Altitude
- a critical discussion on white people understanding their ‘whiteness’, using of one of Bellear’s poems - Feelings
Popularity: 10% [?]
Dorothea Mackellar
Friday, September 22nd, 20061. Dorothea Mackellar Official Site
- this is an excellent site with detailed biography, poetry archive and a lot more
2. Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
- another useful biography
Popularity: 10% [?]
Chris Mansell
Thursday, September 14th, 20061. Chris Mansell Official Site
- sample poems (including two in QuickTime format)
- biography, varied critique and analysis of poems and much more
2. Australian Literature Resources
- an alternate biography and a bibliography
3. CD Baby
- listen to two poems in lo-fi MP3 from Mansell’s ‘Fickle Brat’
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Popularity: 12% [?]
S K Kelen
Wednesday, September 13th, 20061. The Thylazine Foundation
- sample poems and a brief biography
2. OzLit
- an interesting article written by Kelen in 1997 on the writing process.
3. Australian Literature Resource
- brief bio and a selection of work
4. Poetry X
- a selection of poems
Popularity: 10% [?]
Adam Lindsay Gordon
Saturday, September 9th, 20061. Project Gutenberg
- selected works
2. Middlemiss.org
- a biography and link to selected poems
3.University of Newcastle
- excellent resource for Adam Lindsay Gordon’s work
Popularity: 9% [?]
John Blight
Friday, September 8th, 20061. Old Poetry
- a brief biography and published works
2. AustLit
- brief biography only unless you are a subscriber
- if you attend an Australian University you should be able to access AustLit via your Library’s online services
Popularity: 10% [?]
Colin Thiele
Friday, September 8th, 20061. University of South Australia
- biography, bibliography and more
2. Old Poetry
- “Bird in the classroom” poem
3. University of Canberra
- an extensive list of papers held including poetry-related papers
Popularity: 12% [?]
Peter Bakowski
Tuesday, September 5th, 20061. Walleah Press
- an interview with Bakowski
2. The Poetry Kit
- a detailed biographical interview and sample poems
3. The Thylazine Foundation
- a photo of Bakowski
Popularity: 9% [?]
Sandra Thibodeaux
Monday, September 4th, 20061. Thylazine
- sample poems and a brief biography
2. Stylus Poetry Journal
- a review of Thibodeaux’s chapbook, Delivery
Popularity: 9% [?]
Peter Porter
Sunday, August 27th, 20061. Contemporary Writers
- a brief biography and bibliography
2. Jacket Magazine
- two poems from Porter
3. Poetry Archive
- hear Peter Porter read his work
Popularity: 10% [?]
Kathryn Lomer
Sunday, August 27th, 20061. The Write Stuff
- a brief biography and some sample poems
2. Inside a Dog
- a brief Q&A interview with Lomer
3. Island Magazine
- a review of ‘Extraction of Arrows’
Popularity: 9% [?]