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Michelle A. Taylor Michelle A. Taylor i(A31834 works by) (a.k.a. Michelle Taylor)
Born: Established: 1968 Brisbane, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Michelle Taylor grew up in Brisbane and has lived in Darwin, Glasgow, Suffolk, London and Portugal. She has written and published poems for children for many years and is a regular invitee as a performer and workshop leader in schools and at literary festivals.

As a qualified occupational therapist, Taylor has worked extensively with people with mental and emotional health problems.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon 100 Ways to Fly One Hundred Ways to Fly St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2019 16713689 2019 selected work poetry children's

'Some words are made of breath. Some words are made of stone. Listen, weigh them carefully, To make music for your poem.

'What better way to get away than with words! Escape to The Word Zoo, Great Balls of Poetry or A Pocket Full of Poems. In 100 Ways to Fly you'll find a poem for every mood - poems to make you laugh, to scare or disgust you, to feel silly, brave or take you on an adventure. ' (Publication summary)
 

2020 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Eight to 10 Years
y separately published work icon The Angel of Barbican High St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2001 Z933275 2001 single work novel young adult 'Jez felt her luck had finally changed the year she left Melbourne to start Year 11 at Barbican High in Brisbane. That was the year she met Nick and when everything fell into place. By the following summer it all changed. That's when Tommy and the angel became part of Jez's life, and her struggle to stop a terrible secret from taking over begins. This book is a passionate and exquisitely written verse novel, a roller-coaster ride of emotions and relationships, secrets and confrontations, the possibilities swinging between growing up, getting out of it and giving up.' (Back cover)
2000 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
Ode: Professor Noam Chomsky i "When it was spring in my head", 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: Ulitarra , no. 4 1993; (p. 63-64)
1993 highly commended Ulitarra Poetry Competition
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