Maria Takolander

Maria’s poetry has been widely published, appearing in The Best Australian Poems (Black Inc) and/or The Best Australian Poetry (UQP) every year since 2005. She was also winner of the inaugural Australian Book Review Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Competition in 2010, and has recently been awarded an Australia Council grant to develop a book of short stories, which will be published by Text. She is a senior lecturer in literary studies and creative writing at Deakin University.