Libby Hart is an Australian poet who was born on Boonwurrung Country in Naarm/Melbourne in 1971 and spent her formative years on Wurundjeri-Balluk and Yaluk-ut Weelam lands, and Whadjuk boodjar.

She is the author of four poetry collections (Burn, Wild, This Floating World and Fresh News from the Arctic) and editor of My Name Suspended in the Air: Leland Bardwell at 100, a centenary collection of poems celebrating the Irish writer Leland Bardwell.

Major prizes her work has been shortlisted for include the Kenneth Slessor Prize (New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards), the Victorian Premier’s Prize for Poetry (Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards), Dinny O’Hearn Poetry Prize (The Age Book of the Year Awards), the Mary Gilmore Prize, and the Manchester Poetry Prize (United Kingdom).

Libby’s debut collection, Fresh News from the Arctic, won the prestigious Anne Elder Award.

She is also the recipient of several residencies and fellowships, including an Australia Council for the Arts international residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig (Ireland), The Cill Rialaig Project (Ireland), Varuna—The Writers’ House (Australia), and a DJ O’Hearn Memorial Fellowship at The Australian Centre (University of Melbourne).

Additionally, Libby’s work has been adapted for the stage, composed as musical scores and soundscapes, and broadcast on radio and podcasts.

Libby lives as a guest on Wadawurrung land (Australia). She also calls Machaire Eabha/Maugherow Peninsula (Ireland) home.

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