The Collins book of Australian poetry

by Rodney Hall

458 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1981

About the author

Born in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, Hall came to Australia as a child after World War II and studied at the University of Queensland. Between 1967 and 1978 he was the Poetry Editor of The Australian. After a period living in Shanghai in the 1980s, Hall returned to Australia, and took up residence in Victoria.

Hall has twice won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, and has received seven nominations for the prestigious Miles Franklin Award, for which he has twice won ("Just Relations" in 1982 and "The Grisly Wife" in 1994).

Reviews

[Deb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Found this on my shelves a few sleepless nights ago, can't even recall where I bought it or how long it had been sitting there. Read some of the biographies, really enjoyed that. Read Rodney Hall's introduction, ditto. And every page I've opened to while having a bit of a browse has turned up a gem. My 2018 bedtime read, I reckon. Really looking forward to it!