Michael Farrell (poet)

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Michael Farrell (born 1965) is a contemporary Australian poet.

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Biography

Michael Farrell was born in Bombala, New South Wales in 1965. [1] He presently lives in Melbourne, where he is the Australian editor of Slope magazine. [2]

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References

  1. Salt Publishing Archived 9 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Salt Publishing
  2. Slope Magazine
  3. Farrell, Michael; University of Western Sydney. Writing & Society Research Group (2008), A raiders guide, Published for the Writing & Society Research Group, University of Western Sydney by Giramondo Publishing Company, ISBN   978-1-920882-36-5
  4. Farrell, Michael; Farrell, Michael (2015), Cocky's joy, Giramondo Publishing Company, ISBN   978-1-922146-76-2
  5. "Queensland Literary Awards 2018 winners announced | Books+Publishing" . Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  6. Perkins, Cathy (Summer 2019). "Excellence in Literature and History". SL Magazine. 12 (4): 52–55.