Michael Dugan (1947 - 16 March 2006) was an Australian poet, children's writer, and editor.
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Life[edit | edit source]
In 1968, he first published his own small literary magazine, Crosscurrents Magazine, from the Melbourne suburb of Canterbury. Dugan also created the King Hippo Poetry Band who performed folk-rock versions of well-known poems. With Phillip Edmonds and Robert Kenny, he was involved in the development of Contempa Publications.
In the 1970s, he worked as a consultant to the publisher Jacaranda Press, and was the editor of The Australian Library News. Dugan also co-founded and edited Bookmark.
In the 1980s, he was a consultant and an editor for the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs.
He worked as poetry editor of Overland magazine for many years. He also served as vice-president of the Victorian Fellowship of Australian Writers.
Besides children's books, Dugan has also written plays and scripts for radio.
Publications[edit | edit source]
Poetry[edit | edit source]
- Missing People. Bulleen, Vic: Sweeney Reed, 1970.
- Clouds. Fitzroy, Vic: Outback Press, 1975.
Juvenile[edit | edit source]
- Stuff and Nonsense. Sydney: Collins, 1974.
- Nonsense Places: An absurd Australian alphabet. Sydney: Collins, 1976.
- True Ghosts: Six ghostly accounts. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1977.
- Bushrangers. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1978.
- Seasons. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1978.
- Local Councils. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1978.
- Australian Aborigines. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1978.
- Trains. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1978.
- Dragon's Breath. Toorak, Vic: Gryphon Books, 1978.
- Shopping Centres. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1979.
- Travel by Air. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1979.
- Football. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1980.
- Dingo Boy. Ringwood, Vic: Puffin, 1980.
- More Stuff and Nonsense. Sydney: Collins, 1980.
- Nonsense Numbers. West Melbourne, Vic: Nelson, 1980.
- Olympians. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1981.
- Aviators. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1981.
- Cricketers. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1981.
- Billy, the Most Horrible Boy in the World (illustrated by Brett Colquhoun). Ringwood, Vic: Puffin, 1981.
- Tennis. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1982.
- The Great Overland Riverboat Race (illustrated by Brett Colquhoun). Ringwood, Vic: Puffin, 1982.
- Unbalanced Poems (illustrated by Mark David). Pymble, NSW: Angus & Robertson, 1983.
- Growing up in the Goldrush (illustrated by Rudi Mineur). Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press, 1983.
- The Maltese Connection. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1985.
- A House for Wombats (illustrated by Jane Burrell). Melbourne: Hutchinson, 1985.
- Melissa's Ghost (illustrated by Elizabeth Honey). Melbourne, Vic: J.M. Dent, 1986.
- The Teacher's Secret (illustrated by Jacqui Young). Ringwood, Vic: Puffin, 1986.
- Australia's Migrant Experience (illustrated by Josef Szwarc). Caulfield East, Vic: Edward Arnold, 1987.
- Flock's Socks, and other shocks. Rignwood, Vic: Puffin / New York: Viking, 1987.
- Wombats Don't Have Christmas? (illustrated by Jane Burrell). Hutchinson, 1987.
- Spelling List (illustrated by Steve French). South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1988.
- The Hijacked Bathtub, and other funny stories. Melbourne: Georgian House, 1988.
- Should We Tell? (illustrated by Allen Hicks). Ferntree Gully, Vic: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
- The Wombat's Party (illustrated by Jane Burrell). Milsons Point, NSW: Hutchinson, 1990.
- Don't Forget Granny (illustrated by Kevin Burgemeestre). South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1991.
- Monster Dreams (illustrated by Jane Burrell). South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1992.
- How They Lived (illustrated by John Ward). South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1992.
- Out to Lunch. Carlton, Vic: Moondrake, 1993.
- Flight (illustrated by Judy Nelson). South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1993.
- The North. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1993.
- Daisy Drew an Elephant (illustrated by Margaret Power). Carlton, Vic: Moondrake, 1994.
- Magic and Mystery: Short stories. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1994.
- The Emu who Wanted to Be a Horse (illustrated by Craig Smith). Santa Rosa, CA: SRA, 1994.
- The Convict Era, 1788-1840 (illustrated by Anne Gunter). South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1995.
- Wombats Can't Fly (illustrated by Jane Burrell). Milsons Point, NSW: Random House Australia, 1996.
- Bushfires. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1996.
- The Suggragette Era, 1880-1914 (illustrated by Anne Gunter). South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1996.
- The Post-War Years: Book I, 1946-. (illustrated by Anne Gunter). South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1996.
- The Spread of Settlement. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1997.
- The Golden Years, 1850-1890. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1997.
- A Century Turns, 1890-1914. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1997.
- Skip One, Skip Two (illustrated by Geoffrey Tate). Auckland, NZ: Shortland Publications, 1997.
- Shipwrecks. South Yarra, Vic: Macmillan, 1998.
- House and Garden. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1998.
- Women in Wartime, 1914-1918, 1939-1945. (illustrated by Anne Gunter). South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan, 1998.
- Colonial Wars. South Yarra, Vic: Macmillan, 2000.
- Boer War. South Yarra, Vic: Macmillan, 2000.
- World War I. South Yarra, Vic: Macmillan, 2000.
- Korean War. South Yarra, Vic: Macmillan, 2000.
- The Chilling Voice. Southbank, Vic: Thomson Nelson, 2002.
Edited[edit | edit source]
- The Drunken Tram: Six young Melbourne poets. Melbourne, Stockland Press, 1972.
- The Outback Reader (edited with John Jenkins). Fitzroy, Vic: Outback Press, 1975.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[1]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Search results = au:Michael Dugan, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, July 15, 2014.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Poems
- "Letter to a Young Poet"
- Michael Dugan at PoemHunter (2 poems)
- "children's poems (4 poems)
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