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Joanna Preston Joanna Preston i(A65130 works by)
Born: Established: 1972 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
Expatriate assertion
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BiographyHistory

Australian Joanna Preston married a New Zealander and moved to Christchurch in 1993. In 2003 she re-located to Ilkey Moor, West Yorkshire. She has studied philosophy at the University of Glamorgan.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Tumble Dunedin : University of Otago Press , 2021 25091779 2021 selected work poetry

'In tumble, Joanna Preston’s bold and original voice swoops the reader from the ocean depths to the roof of the world, from nascent saints, Viking raids and fallen angels to talking cameras and an astronaut in space.

'This beautifully crafted collection traverses the lyric, free verse and traditional forms. It’s earthy and embodied, while at the same time woven through with myth and magical realism. Always, the human heartbeat is at stake, as Preston explores love, loss, longing and lust – how we stumble, how we soar.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2022 winner New Zealand Book Awards New Zealand Post Book Awards Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry
y separately published work icon The Summer King: Poems Dunedin : University of Otago Press , 2009 Z1678710 2009 selected work poetry
2010 winner ASAL Awards Mary Gilmore Award for a First Book of Poetry
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