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Hal Judge Hal Judge i(A14346 works by) (a.k.a. Henry Hull)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

A Canberra-based playwright, performance poet, reviewer and producer of cabaret events, Hal Judge has performed poetry on ABC radio and at many venues in Canberra, Braidwood, Melbourne, Sydney, Byron Bay, Lismore, Darwin as well as in Indonesia. He featured as a guest of the Tasmanian Readers' and Writers' Festivals in 2000 and 2003. Judge also appeared at Wordstorm (the Northern Territory Writers Festival) in 2004, the Ubud Writers Festival in 2005 and 2007, and the Jakarta and Palembang International Poetry Festival in 2006.

In 2007 Judge undertook an Asialink Arts Management Residency in Yogyakarta. He also initiated and ran a series of poetry workshops for inmates of Cooma Jail in 2007. He has been employed as Communications Officer for the ACT Writers Centre, as Manager for Halstead Press Publishers (Canberra Branch) and as book marketing representative for the Australian Book Group. In late 2010, Judge was appointed the first development officer for Writing Australia (q.v.). In 2011 he became the Australian Capital Territory director of Australian Poetry Ltd.

Judge is the brother of the Hon. Virginia Judge (q.v.).

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2011 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships To build a sustainable career as a versatile creative writer.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Someone Forgot to Tell the Fish Brisbane : Interactive Publications , 2007 Z1444889 2007 selected work poetry 'Hal Judge is an energetic, risk-taking poet who is formulating a unique poetics. It is fascinating to watch something poetically 'new' take shape, watch it break out of its borders and boundaries and travel through different registers of language and experience. There is something of a troubadour about Judge, but a fiercely pro-active one: a combination of thrash guitarist and folk singer. He challenges the reader, he challenges the world-at-large, and he challenges his own perceptions. He is surrounded by poetry and pulls the threads together. A poet worth watching closely. - John Kinsella'
 
2007 commended IP Picks Award Best Poetry
Area Denial i "chi.ld born long af.ter guns sil.enced picks flow.ers", 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: ACTWrite , March vol. 13 no. 2 2007; (p. 18)
2006 winner ACT Writers Centre's Literary Awards Poetry
y separately published work icon Age of Anomalies 2006 (Manuscript version)x401687 Z1357125 2006 selected work poetry
2007 commended IP Picks Award Best Poetry
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