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Penelope Layland Penelope Layland i(A31595 works by)
Born: Established: 1962 Liverpool, Liverpool area, Sydney Southwest, Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Penelope Layland has lived most of her life in Canberra. She gained a BA while working in the Public Service. During the 1980s-1990s Layland wrote regular columns for the Canberra Times, and she has worked for the newsapper as Associate Editor. Layland has been engaged as a speechwriter for the Minister for Arts and Communications. She has also served on the editorial board of Pandanus Books, established 2001, a scholarly and literary imprint within the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), Australian National University.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Things I've Thought to Tell You Since I Saw You Last Kambah : Recent Work Press , 2018 14590835 2018 selected work poetry

'This new volume from Penelope Layland absorbingly quizzes memory, while questioning our apprehension of time and the importance of deep human connections. These poems explore mourning and loss in a way that is salutary, affirmative, meditative and uplifting, subtly refracting our common understandings and our claims on knowledge. In these works the ghosted quotidian, like a long filigree of light, reaches out to remind us of what we value and care for.' (Publication summary)
2019 winner ACT Writing and Publishing Awards — Poetry
2019 shortlisted Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award
2019 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
y separately published work icon Suburban Anatomy Canberra : Pandanus Books , 2005 Z1225558 2005 selected work poetry
2006 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
y separately published work icon The Unlikely Orchard Woden : Molonglo Press , 1998 Z88297 1998 selected work poetry
1998 Commended ASAL Awards — Mary Gilmore Award for a First Book of Poetry
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