Stuart Barnes (poet)
Stuart Barnes (born 1977) is an Australian poet.
Biography
Barnes was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and educated at Monash University, Victoria. His first book, Glasshouses, was awarded the 2015 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize[1]. The judges of the Anne Elder Award, for which the collection was commended, wrote: "Barnes is compelling, dramatic and imaginative. ... [He] is a major poet in the making; watch this space!"[2]. In The Sydney Morning Herald, Jane Sullivan included Glasshouses in 'Books for the year: The treats in store from Australia and overseas in 2016'[3]. The collection has been warmly received by critics: in The West Australian, William Yeoman described it as "playful, subtle, moving, witty and outrageous - a major achievement"[4]; in The Australian, Geoff Page noted its "impressive balancing act between a love of precursors and the strategies of the avant-garde"[5].
Barnes' poetry has appeared widely in Australian journals, including Cordite[6], Overland[7] and Southerly[8], and has been anthologised[9] [10]. Other writing, as selected by Nick Earls, has been published to goa, a network of digital billboards throughout South East Queensland, as part of Queensland Writers Centre's #8WordStory initiative[11].
Barnes has been a judge for the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards: Poetry Book Category[12] and the Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award[13]; since 2017 he has been a Program Advisor for Queensland Poetry Festival[14]. From 2014 to 2015 he was poetry editor of Verity La[15], and from 2013 to 2017 he was poetry editor of Tincture Journal[16]. In 2018 he served on the advisory board of Bent Window Books[17].
Bibliography
Poetry collections
Glasshouses (University of Queensland Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0-7022-5413-0)[18].
Anthologies (as contributor)
- Going Postal: More than 'Yes' or 'No'. Eds Quinn Eades and Son Vivienne. (Brow Books, 2018)[19].
- Shaping the Fractured Self: poetry of chronic illness and pain. Ed. Heather Taylor Johnson. (UWA Publishing, 2017)[20].
- States of Poetry Queensland - Series One. Ed. Felicity Plunkett. (Australian Book Review, 2016)[21].
- fourW: new writing. Ed. David Gilbey. (fourW press, 2012, 2013, 2014).
- Time with the sky : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2010. Eds Jill Jones and Anthony Lawrence. (Hunter Writers' Centre, 2010)[22].
- The Night Road : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2009. Eds Jill Jones and Philip Salom. (Hunter Writers' Centre, 2009)[23].
Awards and nominations
- Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize, 2017, highly commended for 'Black Swan Polyptych'[24].
- Nillumbik Ekphrasis Poetry Award, 2017, shortlisted for 'the nomenclature of eggs'.
- Mary Gilmore Prize, 2017, shortlisted for Glasshouses[25].
- Anne Elder Award, 2016, commended for Glasshouses[26].
- Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, 2015, winner for Glasshouses.
- Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, 2014, runner-up for Blacking Out and other poems.
- Newcastle Poetry Prize, 2010, shortlisted for 'Caravaggio: A Secret History in Sonnets'[27].
- Newcastle Poetry Prize, 2009, shortlisted for 'Solomon'[28].
References
- ^ "Barnes wins 2015 Thomas Shapcott Prize". Books and Publishing. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Anne Elder Award Judges' report
- ^ http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/books-for-the-year-the-treats-in-store-from-australia-and-overseas-in-2016-20151223-glu19y.html
- ^ Poetic play and politics
- ^ Australian poetry: Bruce Dawe, Barnes, Jaireth, McCooey
- ^ 'Double Acrostic' by Stuart Barnes
- ^ 'From Nonets' by Stuart Barnes
- ^ 'Double Acrostic' by Stuart Barnes
- ^ https://theconversation.com/on-poetry-and-pain-80273 On poetry and pain: Kevin Brophy reviews Shaping the Fractured Self
- ^ https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/shaping-the-fractured-self/ The Poem Exists First In The Body by Heather Taylor Johnson
- ^ Beautiful 8 Word Stories Are Cropping Up On Queensland Billboards
- ^ Winners of the 2014 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
- ^ Winners for the Val Vallis Award for an Unpublished Poem 2017
- ^ Queensland Poetry Festival Program Advisors
- ^ Poems from Glasshouses: Stuart Barnes/Leigh Backhouse
- ^ Stuart Barnes, interviewed by Daniel Young
- ^ [1]
- ^ Glasshouses, University of Queensland Press
- ^ [2]
- ^ Shaping the Fractured Self: poetry of chronic illness and pain, UWA Publishing
- ^ States of Poetry Queensland - Series One
- ^ Time with the sky : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2010, Hunter Writers' Centre
- ^ The Night Road : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2009, Hunter Writers' Centre
- ^ "The 2017 Venie Prize Winners", News, 10 August 2017.
- ^ Mary Gilmore Award 2017 shortlist announced
- ^ Anne Elder Award Judges' report
- ^ Time with the sky : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2010, National Library of Australia
- ^ The Night Road : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2009, National Library of Australia