Ron Pretty

Ron Pretty
Born 1940
Occupation Teacher, Poet
Known for Poetry

Ron Pretty is an Australian poet, publisher and teacher.

He has taught writing in the University of Wollongong and Melbourne University as well as in schools, colleges and a broad variety of community organisations. For a twenty year period he ran Five Islands Press publishing some 230 books of poetry[1] and mentored many Australian poets. He edited the magazines Scarp:New Arts and Writing and Blue Dog:Australian Poetry for a number of years.[2]

Ron Pretty was instrumental in establishing the Poetry Australia Foundation.[3] He was awarded the NSW Premier's Award for Poetry and was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to Australian literature.[3][4]

Bibliography

POETRY

The Habit of Balance. Five Islands Press 1988

Bald Hill with Gliders. Five Islands Press 1991

Halfway to Eden. Hale & Ironmonger 1996

Of the Stone: New and Selected Poems. Five Islands Press 2000

Where the Heart Is. Picaro Press 2009

Postcards from the Centre. Profile Poetry 2010

Grace Notes and other poems. PIcaro Press 2012

What the Afternoon Knows. Pitt Street Poetry 2013

NON FICTION

Creating Poetry. Five Islands Press 1987, 2001

Nicole: another chance at life. (with Kaye Bowden). Five Islands Press 1993

Practical Poetics. Five Islands Press 2003

AS EDITOR

Outlook: an anthology of poems for senior students. Longman Cheshire 1992

Anthology of the Illawarra. Five Islands Press 1994

Cry Out! An anthology of street poetry (with Ann Davis). Five Islands Press 1996

The Argument from Desire: the 1999 Newcastle Prize Anthology. Five Islands Press 1999

Blue Like Tea: an anthology of poems from the Wollongong workshop. Five Islands Press 2000

Wild About the Roof. Wollongong Poetry Workshop 2001

Poems for all Occasions. Five Islands Press 2002

Two Spaces of Poetry: poems from Australia & West Bengal 2006

The Road South: an anthology of contemporary Australian poetry. Kolkata: Bengal Creations 2007

Reviews

Reviews for Ron Pretty's most recent book What the Afternoon Knows [5] include:

  1. "five islands press about page".
  2. "Australian Poetry" (PDF). Metabolism, members anthology. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Ron Pretty's AusLit page".
  4. "Government Honours website".
  5. "Google Books". What the Afternoon Knows. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  6. Upton, John. "Cordite Poetry Review". Review Short. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  7. Wicks, Les. "Rochford Street Review". So Honest, So Textured, So Real. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  8. Page, Geoff. "Canberra Times" (PDF). A Pretty view of life and time. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
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