Andy Kissane
Encyclopedia
Andy Kissane is a Melbourne
-born, Sydney
-based writer. He has won several awards for his writing, including the Red Earth Poetry Award, the Sydney Writers' Festival
Poetry Olympics, the John Shaw Neilson Award, the Publisher's Cup Cricket Poetry Award, the Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry
and the BTG-Blue Dog Poetry Reviewing prize.
He has worked as a high school teacher, writer-in-residence, and university lecturer. He has produced audio books and written poetry and fiction.
Out to Lunch (Puncher & Wattmann, 2009).
Under the Same Sun (Sceptre, 2000), his first novel, depicting the lives of immigrant workers on the Snowy River Scheme was shortlisted for the Vision Australia Audio Book of the Year.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
-born, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
-based writer. He has won several awards for his writing, including the Red Earth Poetry Award, the Sydney Writers' Festival
Sydney Writers' Festival
The Sydney Writers' Festival is an annual literary festival held in the Australian city of Sydney. The Festival's artistic director is Chip Rolley.-History:...
Poetry Olympics, the John Shaw Neilson Award, the Publisher's Cup Cricket Poetry Award, the Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry
Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry
The Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry is an annual prize awarded by the University of Newcastle, Australia, to “an Australian poet, not yet 36 years of age, whose work in the field of poetry is judged to be outstanding”. The Prize is name for T...
and the BTG-Blue Dog Poetry Reviewing prize.
Personal Life
Andy Kissane was born in Melbourne in 1959. He lives in Sydney with his partner and daughter.He has worked as a high school teacher, writer-in-residence, and university lecturer. He has produced audio books and written poetry and fiction.
Publications
Works of poetry include Facing the Moon (Five Islands Press, 1993), Every Night They Dance (Five Islands Press, 2000) andOut to Lunch (Puncher & Wattmann, 2009).
Under the Same Sun (Sceptre, 2000), his first novel, depicting the lives of immigrant workers on the Snowy River Scheme was shortlisted for the Vision Australia Audio Book of the Year.
- Facing the Moon ISBN 1875604103
- Every Night They Dance ISBN 0864185448
- Out to Lunch ISBN 9781921450204
- Under The Same Sun ISBN 9780733612657
Anthologies
- Best Australian Poems 2010, (Black Inc), edited by Adam Robertson.
- New Oxford Book of Australian VerseNew Oxford Book of Australian VerseThe New Oxford Book of Australian Verse is a major anthology of Australian poetry edited by the poet Les Murray. It was first published in 1986 and since has been expanded twice....