Bel Schenk

Bel Schenk (born 1975) is an Australian poet and author resident in Melbourne. She has performed her work widely in venues around Australia. ^[1]

Schenk was born in Adelaide, South Australia. ^[1]

She is the author of The Most Famous Boy In Town (2024), ^[2] Every Time You Close Your Eyes (2014), ^[3] Ambulances & Dreamers (2008) ^[4] and Urban Squeeze. ^[5]

From 2008 to 2011 Schenk was employed as the artistic director of Express Media in Melbourne, ^[6] and worked for many years prior to that at the SA Writers' Centre.^{[ citation needed ]}

Selected works

• Urban Squeeze (2003) ISBN   1-74027-189-0
• Ambulances & Dreamers (2008) ISBN   978-1-86254-818-3
• Every Time You Close Your Eyes (2014) ISBN   978-1-74305-319-5
• The Most Famous Boy In Town (2024) ISBN   978-0-6483988-2-0

References

1. "Bel Schenk". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
2. "The Most Famous Boy in Town". short Australian stories - everywhere. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
3. Every Time You Close Your Eyes (Wakefield Press, 2014.
4. Ambulances & Dreamers (Wakefield Press, 2008.
5. Bel Schenk on Trove.
6. "Alumni & friends « Writers, Young Writer, Writing Courses, Creative Writing". Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

Further reading

• Express Media
• Lifting the Roof and Showing us Inside: Geoff Lemon launches ’Every Time You Close Your Eyes’ by Bel Schenk. Geoff Lemon's launch speech for Every Time You Close Your Eyes in The Rochford Street Review, 7 April 2015.