Liz Winfield Explained

Liz Winfield (born 1964) is a contemporary Australian poet and editor.

Biography

Liz Winfield was born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1964 and attended Mount Carmel College.^[1] In 1999 she instigated the Republic Readings in Hobart and has coordinated them ever since. She is a poetry editor for Famous Reporter and the young persons' liaison officer for the Fellowship of Australian Writers' Tasmanian branch.^[2]

Winfield's collection Too Much Happens appeared from Cornford Press in 2003.^[3] Her second collection, Catalogue of Love – a chapbook from Walleah Press^[4] – was launched at the Tasmanian Poetry Festival in Launceston in October 2006.^[5]

In 2010 she won the Norma and Colin Knight Poetry Award.^[1]

Bibliography

• Too Much Happens (Cornford Press, 2003)^{[6] [7]}
• Catalogue of Love (Walleah Press, 2006)^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liz Winfield . 2020-12-26 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . en.
2. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095813828 Oxford Companion to Australian Literature. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
3. https://openlibrary.org/publishers/Cornford_Press Retrieved 26 December 2020.
4. https://walleahpress.com.au/ Walleah Press. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
5. https://www.taspoetryfest.org/ Tasmanian Poetry Festival. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
6. News: Pierce . Peter . 2003-06-14 . New poetry . 2021-01-23 . . en.
7. News: Bantick . Christopher . A place in the dark . 30 March 2003 . . T17 . .
8. News: Bantick . Christopher . Poems' intimate relationships . 12 November 2006 . . A2. .