Barry Charles Divola is an Australia

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, columnist

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 and author

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Early life

Divola was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the first son of Kevin Divola. He was educated at Newington College

Newington College

Newington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 (1972-77).

Writing career

Divola is a regular contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald

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 and is a columnist and feature writer for that newspapers monthly publication, (sydney) magazine, where he presents Street Life and Hole in the wall. He is the music critic for Who, a senior writer for Rolling Stone and contributor to Madison, and Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

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Publications

• Fanclub : it's a fan's world - popstars just live in it - Allen & Unwin (Syd, 1998) ISBN 1864487704
• Searching for Kingly Critter : a deliciously different tale of obsession and nostalgia - ABC Books, (Syd, 2004) ISBN 073331399X
• M is for metal : the loudest alphabet book on earth (with Paul McNeil) - ABC Books, (Syd, 2006) ISBN 9780975683408
• The secret life of backpackers : a bunk's-eye view of the tourist trail from Bondi to Cairns - ABC Books, (Syd, 2008) ISBN9780733320927

Awards

He won the Banjo Paterson

Banjo Paterson

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, OBE was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood...

 Award for short fiction in 2004, 2005 and 2006 for his stories Nipple, Cicada Boy and Nixon.