Books by Anthony Lawrence

Anthony Lawrence was born in 1957 in Tamworth, New South Wales and is one of Australia's most highly-regarded poets. He is author of twelve books of poems, the most recent being 'The Sleep of a Learning Man' (Giramondo Publishing, 2004). His books and individual poems have won many of Australia's most prestigious awards, including the Judith Wright Calanthe Award (Queensland Premier's Poetry Prize), the Harri Jones Memorial Award and the Gwen Harwood Memorial Prize. He is also the recipient of a Senior Fellowship from the Australia Council, one of the most prestigious funding awards a writer can be accorded in Australia. His first novel 'In the Half Light' was published by Picador (in Australia and in the UK) in 2000. Anthony Lawrence lives in Hobart, Tasmania, with his son Cormac.