Kathryn Lomer

Kathryn Lomer

Kathryn Lomer (born 1958, Tasmania) is an Australian writer and poet.

She began her career teaching ESL for many years, including two years in Japan.

Her first novel, "The God in the Ink" was published by the University of Queensland Press in 2001. Her book of poetry,"Extraction of Arrows", also published by UQP, was released in September 2003.

Awards

Kathryn Lomer won the 2003/2004 Anne Elder Award. She has also won the the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, and the Melbourne Poets' Union (MPU), Josephine Ulrick and ANUTECH poetry prizes. She is a regular contributor to the MPU magazine, "Five Bells".

She currently resides in Hobart in her native Tasmania with her young son.

Links

* [http://www.the-write-stuff.com.au/archives/vol-7/kathryn_lomer/index.html Lomer biodata]
* [http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/author_details.php?id=53 University of Queensland Press]

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