ACT Poetry Prize
Judith Wright Award (for a book by an Australian poet)
Commended 2011
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Potter, Claire. Swallow |
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SYNOPSIS
In Swallow, words move through space like actors crossing a bare stage. Claire Potter’s debut collection of poetry offers a dramatic synergy between observation and feeling, set within the haunting shadows of the swallow’s migratory absence/presence.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Claire Potter grew up in Perth and moved to Sydney where she completed an Honors degree in English Literature, before being awarded a French Embassy Scholarship to complete a Masters in Paris. In 2006 she was awarded an Australian Young Poet Fellowship from the Poet’s Union and the Australian Council for the Arts. Her first chapbook, In front of a comma, was published and launched at the 2006 Sydney Poetry Festival. In 2007, her second chapbook of poetry, N’ombre, was published by Vagabond Press.
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