Ian McBryde is an Australian poet. He was born in 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada but has been a long time Australian resident.[1] He has published ten books of poems and three audio CDs of spoken word poetry and original music [2][3] A widely admired poet in Australia his most recent, and tenth book, a new and selected publication, was highly anticipated by his contemporaries. We the Mapless: new and selected poems was launched in Melbourne, Australia, at Collected Works Bookshop in February 2017 [4] and at The Queensland Poetry Festival at the Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts in August, 2017.[5]
Ian McBryde | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Australian/Canadian |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Genre | Australian Contemporary Poetry |
Career edit
In addition to writing poetry, McBryde has also painted and sketched, and spent time as a drummer in progressive jazz-rock bands.
McBryde's 2005 book ' Slivers' consists entirely of Monostich style poems that attempt to relate a whole poem in one line.[6]
Bibliography edit
Books edit
- The Shade of Angels, 1990 [7]
- The Familiar, 1994, Hale and Iremonger[8]
- Flank, (book with enclosed CD) 1998, Eaglemont Press.[2]
- Equatorial, 2001 [9]
- Ground Floor, 2002 [10]
- Ambulance : and other poems, 2003, Picara Press [11]
- Domain, 2004, Five Islands Press[12]
- Slivers, 2005, Flat Chat Press[13]
- The Adoption Order, 2009 Five Islands Press[14]
- We the Mapless: New and Selected Poems, 2017 Bareknuckle Books[15][16]
Audio CDs edit
- At Land's End
- The Still Company
Awards edit
- The Age Poetry Book of the Year, 2005: Domain (shortlisted)
See also edit
- The bibliography of Australian literature edited by John Arnold, John Hay, Sally Batten, Kerry Kilner, Terence O'Neill, University of Queensland Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7022-3598-6 (see page 348)
- Monostich
References edit
- ^ "McBryde, Ian". AustLit. 11 September 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ^ a b McBryde, Ian; Riddell, Greg (1998). Flank. Clifton Hill, Vic: Eaglemont Press.
Performers on CD: Greg Riddell, keyboards, multisync, samples; Ian McBryde, voice, text, drum sequences.
- ^ "SOFTBLOW | Ian McBryde". www.softblow.org. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Launch: Ian McBryde's We the Mapless". Melbourne Spoken Word. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Ian McBryde – Queensland Poetry Festival". www.queenslandpoetryfestival.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ Prater, David Interview with McBryde, ' Cordite Poetry Review Aug 23 2004
- ^ McBryde, Ian (1990). The shade of angels. Brighton North, Vic. : Radial.
- ^ McBryde, Ian (1994). The familiar. Sydney : Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 0868065196.
- ^ McBryde, Ian (2001). Equatorial. Wollongong, N.S.W. : Five Islands Press. ISBN 0864187173.
- ^ McBryde, Ian (2002). Ground floor. Port Melbourne : Slow Joe Crow Press.
- ^ McBryde, Ian (2003). Ambulance : and other poems. Warners Bay, N.S.W. : Picara Press.
- ^ McBryde, Ian (2004). Domain. Wollongong, N.S.W. : Five Islands Press. ISBN 1741280451.
- ^ McBryde, Ian (2005). Slivers. Greensborough, Vic. : Flat Chat Press. ISBN 0975720279.
- ^ McBryde, Ian (2009). The adoption order. Parkville, Vic : 5 Islands Press. ISBN 9780734040572.
- ^ McBryde, Ian (2017). We the mapless : new and selected poems. Brisbane, Australia Bareknuckle Books. ISBN 9780994186164.
- ^ "Ian McBryde | Rochford Street Review". rochfordstreetreview.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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