Reviews
A poet of crystalline intelligence, but one who can move as well as shine.
Les Murray
Too often, his poetry is thought of as a sideline. On the contrary, it is at the centre of his achievement. No poet who so resolutely avoids the set forms gets quite so much in.
Clive James
Videos
Chatting with the Johanna Featherstone of the Red Room Company (November 2008)
About
Peter Goldsworthy’s numerous literary awards include the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Australian Bicentennial Prize for Poetry (shared with Phillip Hodgins), and the Helpmann Award for Best New Work for his libretto for the opera Batavia, (shared with the composer Richard Mills). His poems have been widely published in the English-speaking world, from journals such as Poetry magazine and The London Review of Books to anthologies ranging from The Twentieth Century in Poetry to Roger McGough’s recently edited Happy Poems. His New Selected Poems was published in Australia and the UK in 2001. His poems can be read and heard online at The Poetry Archive, and read online at the Poetry Foundation. His most recent book is The Cancer Finishing School (Penguin Viking, 2024) a memoir which contains some poetry.
