Strategies For Confronting Fear

Anthony Lawrence is one of Australia'smost highly-regarded poets and winner of twoof the country's most prestigious poetry prizes.He characteristically sets his poems withinpowerful landscapes and seascapes. There is adramatic confrontation in them, between theelemental forces of nature, and those withinthe consciousness of his characters. His focusis on relationships, the rhythms of work, andthe presence of danger in these primal settings.In an interview, Lawrence says of his work:"I'd like to think that a couple of my poemsachieve this tricky balance: landscape veinedwith humanity, flora, fauna, what's imaginedand what's experienced ... I write about natureto define my life."Strategies for Confronting Fear, a selectionfrom six of his nine published collections ofpoetry plus a body of new work, is Lawrence'sfirst volume of poetry to be published in theUK."Lawrence's work is accessible while stillretaining the integrity of a unique poeticvision."Australian Book ReviewANTHONY LAWRENCE was born in 1957 and left school at 16, working first as a jackeroo and then travelling for several years before returning to New South Wales to become a teacher and writer. While working as a fisherman in Western Australia, he secured a literary fellowship whichenabled him to devote time to writing poetry. He has won numerous awards for his poetry, including a Senior Fellowship from the Australia Council, one of the most prestigious funding awards a writer can be accorded in Australia.