Brook Emery

Brook Emery (born 1949) is an Australian poet.

Life
He earned a Ph.D. in creative arts from the University of Newcastle.

He taught high school for over 20 years.

Writing
Christopher Pollnitz said of Emery's second collection: "Misplaced Heart is the best book of Australian poetry I've read so far in the 21st century. It's a book that makes me grin rather than laugh; and it's a book that makes me weep, with joy, with admiration, and with its unsentimental pinpoint pathos".

Recognition
Awards Emery has received include include the Dennis Butler Memorial Prize, the Newcastle Poetry Prize, the Australian Sports Poetry Award, the Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award, and the Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize.