Jamie Grant

'James Beresford "Jamie" Grant (born 1949) is an Australian poet.

Life
Born in Melbourne, Grant studied English at La Trobe University. After graduation he worked as an advertising copywriter, and then as a sales rep for Cambridge University Press. In 1984 he moved to Sydney, where he worked as a freelance journalist and bookseller.

He began publishing poetry in the early 1970s. He has published in several literary magazines, most often in Quadrant. He gained a reputation as a book reviewer in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He has edited several poetry anthologies.

Publications

 * Turn Left at Any Time With Care (with Graeme Kinross-Smith). St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1975.
 * The Refinery. North Ryde, NSW: Angus and Robertson, 1985.
 * Skywriting Poems 1985–1988. North Ryde, NSW: Angus and Robertson, 1989.
 * Mysteries: Poems 1989–1991. Port Melbourne, Vic: Heinemann, 1993.
 * The Valley Murders: Poems 1992–1995. Port Melbourne, Vic: Heinemann, 1995.
 * Relativity: Poems 1995–1998. Potts Point, NSW: Duffy and Snellgrove, 1998.
 * Selected Poems. Potts Point, NSW: Duffy and Snellgrove, 2001.

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Australian Poetry Library.