Tony Birch

Tony Birch (born 1957) is an Australian poet, short story writer and novelist. He was born in inner-city Melbourne into a large family of Australian Aboriginal, Irish and West Indian descent.^[1] He is a frequent contributor to ABC local and national radio and a regular guest at writers’ festivals.^[2] He lectured at the University of Melbourne for many years, and is currently the first recipient of the Dr Bruce McGuinness Indigenous Research Fellowship at Victoria University.

Bibliography

Novels

• Blood (2011) ISBN 978-0-7022-4759-0
• Ghost River (2015) ISBN 9780702253775
• Shadowboxing Scribe Publications Pty Limited, 2006, ISBN 9781921753909; Scribe Publications, 2010, ISBN 9781921640155

Short story collections

• Father's Day Hunter Publishers, 2009, ISBN 9780980517972
• The Promise : Stories University of Queensland Press, 2014, ISBN 9780702252112

Awards

• Shadowboxing 2006 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award
• Shadowboxing 2011 Commended The Kate Challis RAKA Award
• Blood 2012 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
• Blood 2012 finalist Melbourne Prize — Best Writing Award
• Blood 2012 winner Melbourne Prize — Civic Choice Award
• Blood 2011 highly commended The Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria Inc. National Literary Awards — FAW Christina Stead Award
• The Promise : Stories 2014 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Indigenous Writing
• The Promise : Stories 2014 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Australian Short Story Collection - Steele Rudd Award
• Ghost River 2016 Longlisted Miles Franklin Award

References