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OverviewBorn in Queenstown, a mining town in lutruwita/Tasmania, Kim Nielsen-Creeley's poems have a keen sense of place, responding to landscape and history. Over generations her forebears have lived and worked in the bush, in the mountains and on the coast of this island. These poems bear witness to Kim Nielsen-Creeley's experience of growing up and living her life in lutruwita/Tasmania. 'Extraction' is Kim's first full collection. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kim Nielsen-CreeleyPublisher: Walleah Press Imprint: Walleah Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.154kg ISBN: 9780645797725ISBN 10: 0645797723 Pages: 114 Publication Date: 25 June 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationKim Nielsen-Creeley is a writer and poet from lutruwita (Tasmania). She was born in Queenstown, a copper mining town on the west coast, and returns often. The town is re-making itself with a growing art and tourism community. The 'road in' is important, traversing the old highways, the lake areas and mountains. Kim engages with her personal story and the ecological, industrial and political history of the IslandIn 2021 Kim MC'd Poetry for Peace in the Tamar Valley Peace Festival and read at the Hobart Writers Festival as a participant in poet and academic Kristen Lang's More Than a Human World poetry project which led to publication in Island Magazine, along with other participating poets. In 2022 she read at Seasonal Poets in nipaluna (Hobart) and at Dragline Festival in Queenstown, where she also MC'd the two day event. She continues to be involved in local poetry readings and events, including the Statewide finals for the National Poetry Slam (2022), the Cygnet Folk Festival Poets Breakfast with community group Words United and The Tasmanian Poetry Festival.Kim has a degree in Fine Art: drawing remains a constant, closely aligned to her poems. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |