Colin Simpson

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Colin Simpson


Born
in Sydney, Australia
November 04, 1908

Died
February 08, 1983

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(Edwin) Colin Simpson, author. After leaving school, Colin Simpson worked in advertising before becoming a journalist. He was also a proficient writer of verse. His long poem 'Infidelities' was included in Trio(1931) with poems from Kenneth Slessor and Harley Matthews. But he is, perhaps, better-known in the history of Australian poetry as the Sydney Sun journalist who broke the story of the Ern Malley Hoax.Simpson joined the ABC in 1947 to write travel documentaries, an occupation that prepared him for his successful career as a freelance writer of popular travel books. In addition to these publications, Simpson also published the novel Come Away, Pearler (1952). He was for some time the Vice-president of the Australian Society of Authors ...more

Average rating: 3.76 · 107 ratings · 19 reviews · 106 distinct works
Artful Partners

3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions
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Adam in Ochre: Inside Abori...

3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1951 — 10 editions
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The Country Upstairs: Japan...

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3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1956 — 4 editions
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Islands of Men - Inside Mel...

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1955
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Adam with Arrows

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1953
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This is Russia, and Central...

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1965
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Greece: the unclouded eye

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings4 editions
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Wake up to New Zealand

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1976
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Pleasure Islands of the Sou...

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1979
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Off to Asia;: Singapore, Ma...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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