John Bray Poetry Award Winners

Honours John Jefferson Bray (1912–1995), Chief Justice of South Australia, academic and poet for his distinguished services to Australian poetry. See ...more

Winners

	Archival-Poetics by Natalie Harkin 4.76 avg rating — 34 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Missing Up by Pam Brown (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waiting for the Past: Poems by Les Murray 3.16 avg rating — 100 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sunlit Zone by Lisa Jacobson 4.14 avg rating — 63 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taller When Prone: Poems by Les Murray 3.48 avg rating — 62 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Way Out by Bronwyn Lea (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New & Selected by John Tranter 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Totem: Poems by Luke Davies 4.29 avg rating — 49 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Surmise by Dorothy Porter 4.01 avg rating — 107 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Around here by Cath Kenneally 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Harbour by Dimitris Tsaloumas 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The blue cloud of crying by Peter Boyle 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silo: A Pastoral Symphony by John Kinsella 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between glances by Andrew Lansdown really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating John Bray Poetry Award (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Poems by Vincent Buckley really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bone scan by Gwen Harwood 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (1990)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Daylight Moon and Other Poems by Les Murray 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (1988)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected poems by Robert Gray liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings John Bray Poetry Award (1986)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	Blakwork by Alison Whittaker 4.31 avg rating — 281 ratings John Bray Poetry Award Nominee (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Viva the Real by Jill Jones (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings John Bray Poetry Award Nominee (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Music Our Bodies Can’t Hold by Andy Jackson 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings John Bray Poetry Award Nominee (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Arabs by Omar Sakr (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 328 ratings John Bray Poetry Award Nominee (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	False Claims of Colonial Thieves by Charmaine Papertalk Green 4.18 avg rating — 85 ratings John Bray Poetry Award Nominee (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clear Brightness by Boey Kim Cheng 4.29 avg rating — 63 ratings John Bray Poetry Award Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Year of the Wasp by Joel Deane (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings John Bray Poetry Award Nominee	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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