Artists

Samuel Wagan Watson

Samuel Wagan Watson is a writer who is renowned for his humour and wry take on contemporary urban life in Australia.

Samuel Wagan Watson / Author biography

Samuel Wagan Watson is a Brisbane-based writer and Public Art Project Manager. He has been a salesman, public relations officer, fraud investigator, graphic artist, laborer, law clerk, film industry technician, and an actor. Wagan Watson describes his influences as Nick Cave, Tom Waites, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, and Robert Adamson. His other influences are his father, the novelist, Sam Watson and his mother, who is a specialist teacher.

Information / http://www.uqp.com.au/

Samuel Wagan Watson's first collection of poetry was called Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight and it won the David Unaipon Award for emerging Indigenous writers. It also received a Highly Commended in both the Anne Elder Awards and the 2000 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Australian Culture. Wagan Watson then released the collections Itinerant Blues and Hotel Bone. His collection Smoke-Encrypted Whispers won the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Book of the Year and Best fiction in 2005.

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Literature

Fiction,Historical,Non-fiction,Poetry

Robert Dessaix is an insightful observer of characters, places and cultures, and he is known for interweaving these elements in beautifully crafted prose. Dessaix’s books have been translated into several European languages. A full-time writer since 1995, he lives in Hobart, Tasmania.

Sant, Andrew

Literature

Poetry

Andrew Sant’s poetic cast of mind is exploratory and questioning… Poem after poem radiates a quickened, nervous energy and an active sense of engagement with the task and processes of apprehending his surroundings. Australian Book Review
http://www.blackpepperpublishing.com

Heiss, Anita

Literature,Indigenous

Poetry,Children/Young adults,Fiction,Non-fiction,Historical

Dr Anita Heiss is a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central New South Wales and is one of Australia’s most prolific and well-known Indigenous authors. Her writing has earned her many awards and she is regularly invited to present her works both nationally and internationally.
http://www.anitaheiss.com

Cyrill, Christopher

Literature

Fiction,Poetry

Christopher Cyrill Hymns for the Drowning

Christopher Cyrill is a writer and poet, born in Melbourne to Indian parents. His first novel, The Ganges and Its Tributaries, was published in 1993.
http://www.austlit.com

Tranter, John

Literature

Poetry

John Tranter is one of Australia's best-known poets, as well as the editor of the Australian literary e-zine, Jacket.
http://johntranter.com/00/index.html

Wharton, Herbert

Literature,Indigenous

Poetry,Children/Young adults,Fiction

Herbert Wharton is an Indigenous Australian, former stockman, and now internationally recognised poet and novelist. Herb is available for readings, public forums, schools, universities and other literary events.