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Alison Cotes Alison Cotes i(A28623 works by)
Also writes as: Alison Coates
; Died: Ceased: Apr 2022
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Alison Cotes was an arts and theatre critic for 25 years. She co-founded The Matilda Awards with Sue Gough in 1988 and served on the judging panel. She has also written for crikey.com's Daily Review, for The Courier-Mail, and for a range of other publications.. 

She taught English Literature at The University of Queensland for 13 years, then started freelance writing with interests in literature, travel, the arts, and theology.

Sources:

Australian Women's Book Review v 26 : no.1/2 2014.

Queensland Review, vol. 7, no. 2, pg. 109, 2000.

Matilda Awards, 10 April 2022 (https://www.matildaawards.com.au/news/2022/4/10/vale-alison-cotes).

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