John Kinsella has published over seventy books of poetry, fiction,criticism, plays, edited works (such as The Penguin Book of AustralianPoetry) and collaborative works. His many awards include the AustralianPrime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry, the Victorian Premier's Award forPoetry, the John Bray Award for Poetry, the Judith Wright Calanthe Award forPoetry (twice) and the Western Australian Premier's Award for Poetry (threetimes). Recent books include Insomnia: Poems (2019), Cellnight: AVerse Novel (2023), the poetry collection Argonautica Inlandica (2023),and the three volumes of his collected poems, The Ascension of Sheep(2022), Harsh Hakea (2023) and Spirals (2024). A frequentcollaborator with other poets, writers, artists, musicians and thinkers, helives on Ballardong Noongar land at ‘Jam Tree Gully' in the Western Australianwheatbelt. In 2007, he received the Christopher Brennan Award for Lifetime Achievementin Poetry.
