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Christine Paice Christine Paice i(A25048 works by) (a.k.a. C. Paice)
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Christine Paice was born in the Midlands, England and grew up in Eton Wick. She graduated from Kent University before undertaking extended travel through Israel, Greece, Italy and Australia. Paice lived for a time in Tasmania, working for the Tasmanian Police and the Royal Hobart Hospital. She later moved to Kiama. Paice's poetry and fiction have been published in journals and newspapers and she has also written drama.

In 2010 as part of National Science Week Christine was commissioned to write a poem in reponse to the Janet Cosh Herbarium at the University of Wollongong.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2024 winner ACU Prize for Poetry for 'Gabriel in the Playing Fields'.
2019 highly commended ASA Mentorship
2018 longlisted The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize For 'The Neil Young Experience'.

Awards for Works

The Quality of Light i "Then there was light", 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blake Prize 2007;
2013 shortlisted Blake Poetry Prize
The Ministry of Going In i "This is what happens", 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Spring no. 25 2009; (p. 197-199) Five Bells , Summer/Autumn vol. 17 no. 1/2 2010; (p. 94-97)
2009 winner Josephine Ulrick National Poetry Prize
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