Archive for the ‘Australian Poets’ Category

Mark O’Connor

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

1. Australian Poet
- O’Connor’s official site

2. ABC
- short piece on O’Connor as 2000 Olympics poet.

Popularity: 37% [?]

Adam Aitken

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

1. 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

1. Connor Court Publishing

- 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, 2006

1. 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, 2006

1. 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, 2006

1. 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, 2006

1. 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, 2006

1. 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, 2006

1. 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, 2006

1. 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, 2006

1. 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, 2006

1. 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, 2006

1. 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, 2006

1. 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, 2006

1. 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% [?]