Michael Farrell (poet)

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

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]

Published works

• living at the z, 2000
• ode ode, Salt Publishing, 2002.
• a raiders guide, Giramondo, 2008. ^[3]
• open sesame, Giramondo, 2012.
• Cocky's joy, Giramondo, 2015. ^[4]
• I Love Poetry, Giramondo, 2017. ISBN   978-1-925336-55-9
• Family Trees, Giramondo, 2020. ISBN   9781925818406
• Googlecholia, Giramondo, 2022.
• The Victoria Principle, Giramonda, 2025. ISBN   978-1-923106-30-7

Awards

• Harri Jones Memorial Prize, 1999: winner
• The Age Book of the Year Poetry Prize Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize, 2003, shortlisted for Ode Ode
• Queensland Literary Awards, Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection, 2018, winner for I Love Poetry ^[5]
• NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 2019, shortlisted for I Love Poetry ^[6]
• Queensland Literary Awards, Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection, shortlisted for Googlecholia ^[7]

References

1. Salt Publishing Archived 9 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Salt Publishing
2. Slope Magazine ^{[ usurped ]}
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.
7. "Queensland Literary Awards 2023 shortlists". Books+Publishing. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

External links

• Biography and list of works at Austlit: The Australian Literature Resource
• Author page on Poetry International Web
• Salt Publishing