Jill Jones (poet)
Jill Jones (born 1951)[1] is a poet and writer from Sydney, Australia.[2] She is a senior lecturer at the University of Adelaide.
Career[edit]
In 1993 Jones 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.
Jones served as a judge for the 1995 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and for the inaugural Broadway Poetry Prize in 2001.
A History of What I'll Become was shortlisted for the 2021 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (NSW Premier's Literary Awards)[3] and for the 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature John Bray Poetry Award.[4] In 2021 she also won the Wesley Michel Wright Prize.[5]
Bibliography[edit]
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Poetry[edit]
- Collections and chapbooks
- The Mask and the Jagged Star. Christchurch: Hazard Press. 1992.
- Flagging Down Time, Five Islands Press, Wollongong, 1993
- The Book of Possibilities, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1997
- Screens Jets Heaven: New and Selected Poems, Salt Publishing, Cambridge, 2002
- Struggle and Radiance: Ten Commentaries, Wild Honey Press, Bray, 2004 (chapbook)
- Where the Sea Burns, Picaro Press, Warners Bay, 2004 (chapbook)
- Fold Unfold, Vagabond Press, Sydney, 2005 (chapbook)
- Broken/Open, Salt Publishing, Cambridge, 2005
- Romance of Death, Jill Jones, Melbourne, c2008
- Questions for Light, (Bruno Leti, illustrator), Bruno Leti, Carlton, Victoria, 2008
- Dark Bright Doors, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2010
- Ash is Here, So are Stars, Walleah Press, North Hobart, 2012
- The Beautiful Anxiety, Puncher & Wattmann, Glebe, NSW, 2014
- Breaking the Days, Whitmore Press, Geelong, 2015
- The Leaves Are My Sisters, Little Windows Press, Adelaide, 2016
- Brink, Five Islands Press, Melbourne, 2017
- Viva the Real, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 2018
- A History of What I'll Become, UWA Publishing, Crawley, Western Australia, 2020
- Wild Curious Air, Recent Work Press, Canberra, 2020
- Acrobat Music: New & Selected Poems, Puncher & Wattmann, Glebe, 2022
Critical studies and reviews of Jones' work[edit]
- Wild Curious Air
- Beesley, Luke (January–February 2021). "It Must Have Been Moonglow". Australian Book Review. 428: 53–54.
References[edit]
- ^ "Jones, Jill (1951-) - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Jill Jones Contents page". Australian Literary Resources. n.d. Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2007.
- ^ "NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Australian Centre Literary Awards - Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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