Robert Adamson is the author of The Golden Bird (winner of the CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry in the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards) and editor of The Best Australian Poems 2009. He has published numerous volumes of poetry in Australia and overseas. His previous volume of poems, The Goldfinches of Baghdad, won the Age Book of the Year Award for poetry and was short-listed for the NSW and Queensland premiers' awards. His memoir, Inside Out (2004), was short-listed for the Age Book of the Year Award, the NSW Premier's Literary Award, the State Library of NSW Biography Award and the Queensland Premier's Award.
Pub date: November 2009
RRP: $24.95
ISBN: 9781863954525
Imprint: Black Inc.
Format: PB
Size: 210 x 135mm
Extent: 240pp
The Best Australian Poems 2009
In The Best Australian Poems 2009, award-winning poet Robert Adamson puts together a selection of the most outstanding poems written by Australian authors over the past year. Alongside renowned names, the editor has solicited contributions from new and emerging poets and some of their work appears in print here for the first time. The result is a vibrant and fascinating edition of this much-loved anthology.
Contributors include: Alex Skovron, Les Murray, Clive James, Dorothy Porter, John Tranter, Lisa Gorton, Peter Porter, Thomas Shapcott, Judith Beveridge, Chris Wallace-Crabbe and many more. Please click here for full list.
