Jill Jones (poet)

Jill Jones (poet)

Jill Jones is a poet and writer living in Sydney, Australia. [cite web
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accessdate = 2007-05-11 ]

In 1993 she won the Mary Gilmore Prize for her first book of poetry, "The Mask and the Jagged Star" (Hazard Press). 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. 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). 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. She served as a judge for the 1995 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and for the inaugural Broadway Poetry Prize in 2001.

Bibliography

* "The Mask and the Jagged Star", Hazard Press, Christchurch, 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

References

External links

* [http://rubystreet.blogspot.com Author weblog]
* [http://www.austlit.com/a/jones-jill/index.html Author information & poems]
* [http://willtoexchange.blogspot.com/2007/03/interview-with-jill-jones.html Author interview]
* [http://kevindoran.blogspot.com/2006/12/jill-jones-is-poet-and-writer-who-lives.html Interview with Kevin Doran]

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