Jill Jones (poet)

For other people named Jill Jones, see Jill Jones (disambiguation).

Jill Jones
Born	1951 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Poet
Notable awards	1993 Mary Gilmore Prize

Jill Jones (born 1951) ^[1] is a poet and writer from Sydney, Australia. ^[2] She is a senior lecturer at the University of Adelaide.

Career

In 1993, Jones won the Mary Gilmore Prize for her first book of poetry, The Mask and the Jagged Star (Hazard Press). ^[3] Her third book, The Book of Possibilities (Hale & Iremonger), was published in 1997. It was shortlisted for the National Book Council 'Banjo' Awards and the Adelaide Festival Awards. ^[4]

Her fourth book, Screens, Jets, Heaven: New and Selected Poems, was published by Salt Publishing in 2002. It won the 2003 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (NSW Premier's Literary Awards). ^[5]

Her fifth full-length book, Broken/Open was published by Salt Publishing in 2005. It was shortlisted for The Age Poetry Book of the Year 2005 and the Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize 2006. ^[6]

Jones served as a judge for the 1995 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and for the inaugural Broadway Poetry Prize in 2001. ^[7]

A History of What I'll Become was shortlisted for the 2021 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (NSW Premier's Literary Awards) ^[8] and for the 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature John Bray Poetry Award. ^[9] In 2021 she also won the Wesley Michel Wright Prize. ^[10]

Bibliography

Poetry

Collections and chapbooks

• The Mask and the Jagged Star, Hazard Press 1992
• Flagging Down Time, Five Islands Press, Wollongong, 1993
• The Book of Possibilities, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1997
• Screens Jets Heaven: New and Selected Poems, Salt Publishing, Cambridge, 2002
• Struggle and Radiance: Ten Commentaries, Wild Honey Press, Bray, 2004 (chapbook)
• Where the Sea Burns, Picaro Press, Warners Bay, 2004 (chapbook)
• Fold Unfold, Vagabond Press, Sydney, 2005 (chapbook)
• Broken/Open, Salt Publishing, Cambridge, 2005
• Dark Bright Doors, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2010
• Ash is Here, So are Stars, Walleah Press, North Hobart, 2012
• Senses Working Out, Vagabond Press, Sydney, 2012
• Even If the Signal Fails, Black Rider Press, Perth, 2013
• The Beautiful Anxiety, Puncher & Wattmann, Glebe, NSW, 2014
• Breaking the Days, Whitmore Press, Geelong, 2015
• The Leaves Are My Sisters, Little Windows Press, Adelaide, 2016
• Brink, Five Islands Press, Melbourne, 2017
• The Quality of Light and Other Poems, Garron Publishing, Adelaide, 2017
• Viva the Real, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 2018
• A History of What I'll Become, UWA Publishing, Crawley, Western Australia, 2020
• Wild Curious Air, Recent Work Press, Canberra, 2020
• Acrobat Music: New & Selected Poems, Puncher & Wattmann, Glebe, 2022

Selected critical studies and reviews of Jones' work

Wild Curious Air

• Beesley, Luke (January–February 2021). "It Must Have Been Moonglow". Australian Book Review. 428: 53–54.

References

1. "Jones, Jill (1951-) - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
2. "Jill Jones Contents page". Australian Literary Resources. n.d. Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2007.
3. ""Mary Gilmore Award"". ASAl. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
4. ""Austlit - The Book of Possibilities - Awards"". Austlit. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
5. ""Top prize for tough little book"". Sydney Morning Herald, 20 May 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
6. "Austlit — Broken/Open - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
7. "Austlit — Jill Jones". Austlit. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
8. "NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
9. "2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
10. "Australian Centre Literary Awards - Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

External links

• Author weblog
• Author interview