Emma Jones (poet)

Emma Jones. Courtesy Next Generation Poets 2014.

Emma Jones (born 1977) is an Australian poet.

Life

Jones was raised in Concord, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. Her father was Australian; her British mother had emigrated to Australia. She studied at MLC School (in Burwood, Sydney), then worked and travelled abroad, returning to Australia to study English at the University of Sydney, where she graduated with the University Medal in 2001. She entered Cambridge in 2002, and received a PhD in English Literature from Trinity College, Cambridge.

Jones was poet-in-residence at the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere, Cumbria, 2009-2010. Her first poetry collection, The Striped World, was published by Faber & Faber in 2009.

Recognition

Awards and nominations

• 2005: Newcastle Poetry Prize for poem Zoos for the Dead
• 2009: Fellowship of Australian Writers First Prize Anne Elder Award for The Striped World
• 2009: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize: Shortlisted for The Striped World
• 2009: Forward Poetry Prize: Best First Collection for The Striped World
• 2009: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Best Collection for The Striped World
• 2010: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards: Shortlisted for The Striped World
• 2010: South Australian Premier's Awards: Shortlisted for The Striped World

Publications

• The Striped World. London: Faber, 2009.

See also

Unseen - Emma Jones - TravelBetterLondon

• List of Australian poets

External links

Poems

• 3 Poems from The Striped World

Audio / video

• Emma Jones at YouTube

About

• Emma Jones at Faber & Faber.
• Emma Jones at Next Generation Poets 2014
• Emma Jones at the Red Room
• "Poet has earned her stripes, Sydney Morning Herald
• "Writing the Ocean and the Zoo: An interview" with Emma Jones at The Drunken Boat,
• "And a Wind Carries Birds", review of The Striped World] at The Guardian