Rhyll McMaster

Rhyll McMaster

Rhyll McMaster (born 1947) is a contemporary Australian poet and novelist.

Born in Brisbane Rhyll McMaster has lived in Tasmania with her then husband novelist Roger McDonald and now lives in southern New South Wales. [cite web
title = Rhyll McMaster
publisher = ABC Radio National
date = 2005-11-19
url = http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/poetica/stories/s1481632.htm
accessdate = 2007-11-04 ] Her first volume of poetry, "The Brineshrimp", was published in 1972 and won the Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry. She has since published several volumes of poetry which have been awarded the C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry and the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry, and her recently published novel "Feather Man" was awarded the inaugural 2008 Barbara Jefferis Award, (Brandi & Schlesinger), and was shortlisted in the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction. [cite web
title = Festival Writer: Rhyll McMaster
publisher = Byron Bay Writers Festival
year = 2007
url = http://www.byronbaywritersfestival.com.au/writers/2007/McMaster_Rhyll.pdf
accessdate = 2007-11-04 ] [cite web
title = The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction: Shortlist 2007
publisher = State Library of Victoria
year = 2007-08-10
url = http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/vpprize/shortlist2007.html
accessdate = 2007-11-04 ] McMaster has also been employed by "The Canberra Times" as a poetry editor and a book reviewer by "The Sydney Morning Herald" and "The Australian".

Bibliography

Poetry
* "The Brineshrimp" (UQP, 1972) ISBN 0702207632
* "Washing the Money: Poems with photographs" (Angus & Robertson, 1986) ISBN 0207152810
* "On My Empty Feet" (William Heinemann, 1993) ISBN 0855615222
* "Flying the Coop: New and selected poems 1972-1994" (William Heinemann, 1994) ISBN 085561627X
* "Chemical Bodies: A diary of probable events, 1994-1997" (Brandl & Schlesinger, 1997) ISBN 187604005X

Novels
* "Feather Man" (Brandl & Schlesinger, 2007) ISBN 9781876040833

References

External links

* [http://www.anu.edu.au/ITA/CSA/book/eabswebsite/pc/wlist.htm 3 poems]
* [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~abr/Current/July07hillreview.htm Review of "Feather Man"] from "Australian Book Review"
* [http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/book-reviews/feather-man/2007/04/27/1177459962715.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Review of "Feather Man"] from Brisbane Times

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