Jill Jones (poet)

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Jill Jones is a poet and writer living in Sydney, Australia.^[1]

In 1993 she won the Mary Gilmore Prize for her first book of poetry, The Mask and the Jagged Star (Hazard Press). Her third book, The Book of Possibilities (Hale & Iremonger), was published in 1997. It was shortlisted for the National Book Council 'Banjo' Awards and the Adelaide Festival Awards. Her fourth book, Screens, Jets, Heaven: New and Selected Poems, was published by Salt Publishing in 2002. It won the 2003 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (NSW Premier's Literary Awards). Her fifth full-length book, Broken/Open was published by Salt Publishing in 2005. It was shortlisted for The Age Poetry Book of the Year 2005 and the Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize 2006. She served as a judge for the 1995 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and for the inaugural Broadway Poetry Prize in 2001.

[edit] Bibliography

• The Mask and the Jagged Star, Hazard Press, Christchurch, 1992
• Flagging Down Time, Five Islands Press, Wollongong, 1993
• The Book of Possibilities, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1997
• Screens Jets Heaven: New and Selected Poems, Salt Publishing, Cambridge, 2002
• Struggle and Radiance: Ten Commentaries, Wild Honey Press, Bray, 2004 (chapbook)
• Where the Sea Burns, Picaro Press, Warners Bay, 2004 (chapbook)
• Fold Unfold, Vagabond Press, Sydney, 2005 (chapbook)
• Broken/Open, Salt Publishing, Cambridge, 2005

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Author weblog
• Author information & poems
• Author interview
• Interview with Kevin Doran

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NAME	Jones, Jill
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian poet
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PLACE OF BIRTH	Australia
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