| John Foulcher | |
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John Foulcher, 2011 |
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| Born | 7 December 1952 Ryde, New South Wales |
| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Occupation | Poet and teacher |
| Known for | Poetry |
John Foulcher, (born 7 December 1952) is an Australian poet and teacher.
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He graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a Diploma of Education. He has been a teacher in NSW and the ACT.
His work has been widely anthologised and published in national newspapers and journals including The Age, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Bulletin, Quadrant, Heat, Poetry Australia, Meanjin and the New Oxford Book of Australian Verse.
From 1986 to 1994 his poetry was set for study on the NSW Higher School Certificate syllabus.[1] He has been the poetry editor of both The Canberra Times[2] and the Voices, the magazine of the National Library. In 2010, he was awarded a writer in residency in Paris at the Cité Internationale des Arts[3] by the Literature Board of the Australia Council.