Jill Jones. Courtesy Poetry International.
Jill Jones (born 1951) is an Australian poet.
Life[]
Jones was born and lives in Sydney, Australia. She has worked in a number of fields.She first became involved with writing and publishing poetry in the late 1980s, as a member of the collective publishing the feminist magazine Refractory Girl, and as a founder of the gay and lesbian imprint Black Wattle Press.[1]
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.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The Mask and the Jagged Star. Christchurch, Melbourne: Hazard Press, 1992.[1]
- Flagging Down Time. Wollongong, NSW: Five Islands Press, 1993.[1]
- The Book of Possibilities. Sydney: Hale and Iremonger, 1997.
- Screens Jets Heaven: New and selected poems. Applecross, WA, & Cambridge, UK: Salt Publishing, 2002.
- Struggle and Radiance: Ten commentaries: A calling. Wicklow, Ireland: Wild Honey Press, 2003.
- Where the Sea Burns, and other poems. Warners Bay, NSW: Picaro Press, 2004.
- Fold Unfold. Sydney: Vagabond Press, 2005.
- Broken/Open. Cambridge, UK: Salt Publishing, 2005.
- Dark Bright Doors Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press, 2010.
- Ash Is Here, So Are Stars. Hobart, Tas: Walleah Press, 2012.
- Senses Working Out. Sydney: Vagabond Press, 2012.
Non-fiction[]
- How to Prepare a Manuscript for Consideration by a Publisher. Sydney: Australia Council for the Arts, 2003.
Edited[]
- A Parachute of Blue: First choice of Australian poets (edited with Judith Beveridge and Louise Wakeling). West Ryde, NSW: Round Table, 1995.
- Out of the Box:: Contemporary Australian gay and lesbian poets (edited with Michael Farrell). Glebe, NSW: Puncher & Wattmann, 2009.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat..[2]
See also[]
Jill Jones Poetry Reading.MOV
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jill Jones (1951– ), Australian Poetry Library, Web, Mar. 11, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au:Jill Jones 1951, WorlCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Oct. 12, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- Jill Jones (Australia, 1961) at Poetry International (20 poems).
- Jill Jones (1951– ) in the Australian Poetry Library (333 poems)
- Audio / video
- About
- Jill Jones Official website.
- Ruby Street – Jill Jones's weblog.
- Author interview
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