Catherine Bateson
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Catherine Bateson Brisbane
, Australia
. She is an Australian writer
.
Catherine Bateson grew up in a second-hand bookshop in Brisbane. She attained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland
, with a major in art history.
Her first published novel was Painted Love Letters, a portrait of a family coping with death. She has published two volumes of poetry, and three verse novels for young adults using a variety of poetic forms including haiku
, free verse
, free renga
and acrostic
.
Catherine has taught creative writing for the past thirteen years, and has been a guest writer at many schools. Her work has been read on radio and featured on television. She has also appeared at various poetry and writers festivals throughout Australia. She coordinated La Mama Poetica at La Mama Theatre (Melbourne)
for ten years until 1999.
Catherine is the mother of two children, Alasdair, born in 1991 and Helen, born 1992.
She currently teaches creative writing at GippsTafe, Victoria
and lives in the Dandenong Ranges
, Victoria.
2003 - Rain May and Captain Daniel
2003 - Painted Love Letters
2005 - Millie and the Night Heron
2007 - His Name In Fire
2007 - Being Bee
2009 - The Wish Pony, Woolshed Press
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. She is an Australian writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
.
Catherine Bateson grew up in a second-hand bookshop in Brisbane. She attained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
, with a major in art history.
Her first published novel was Painted Love Letters, a portrait of a family coping with death. She has published two volumes of poetry, and three verse novels for young adults using a variety of poetic forms including haiku
Haiku
' , plural haiku, is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterised by three qualities:* The essence of haiku is "cutting"...
, free verse
Free verse
Free verse is a form of poetry that refrains from consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern.Poets have explained that free verse, despite its freedom, is not free. Free Verse displays some elements of form...
, free renga
Renga
' is a genre of Japanese collaborative poetry. A renga consists of at least two or stanzas, usually many more. The opening stanza of the renga, called the , became the basis for the modern haiku form of poetry....
and acrostic
Acrostic
An acrostic is a poem or other form of writing in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or a message. As a form of constrained writing, an acrostic can be used as a mnemonic device to aid memory retrieval. A famous...
.
Catherine has taught creative writing for the past thirteen years, and has been a guest writer at many schools. Her work has been read on radio and featured on television. She has also appeared at various poetry and writers festivals throughout Australia. She coordinated La Mama Poetica at La Mama Theatre (Melbourne)
La Mama Theatre (Melbourne)
The La Mama Theatre is a theatrical venue located at 205 Faraday St, Carlton, Victoria. It opened in a former factory building on 30 July 1967 and still operates today under the direction of Liz Jones....
for ten years until 1999.
Catherine is the mother of two children, Alasdair, born in 1991 and Helen, born 1992.
She currently teaches creative writing at GippsTafe, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
and lives in the Dandenong Ranges
Dandenong Ranges
The Dandenong Ranges are a set of low mountain ranges, rising to 633 metres at Mount Dandenong, approximately 35 km east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
, Victoria.
Awards and nominations
“This is the Poem”- John Shaw Neilson Award for poetry.
- 2006 Faw Mary Grant Bruce Short Story Award For Children’s Literature
2003 - Rain May and Captain Daniel
- winner of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, younger readers
- shortlisted for New South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsNew South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsThe New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities...
, Patricia Wrighton Prize for Children's Literature - Queensland Premier's Literary AwardsQueensland Premier's Literary AwardsThe Queensland Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1999 and have grown to become a leading literary awards program within Australia, with $225,000 in prizemoney over 14 categories. One of Australia's richest prizes, top categories offer up to $25,000 for 1st prize.-Fiction Book...
, Children’s Book Award
2003 - Painted Love Letters
- CBCA Honour Book recognition
- winner 2003 Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature
- 2003 shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsNew South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsThe New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities...
, Ethel Turner Prize for young people's literature - Children's Book Council of Australia Awards (2003) Honour Book, older readers.
2005 - Millie and the Night Heron
- Honour Book, CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers
2007 - His Name In Fire
- Notable CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers
- Shortlist, Queensland Premier's Award
2007 - Being Bee
- Winner CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers
2009 - The Wish Pony, Woolshed Press
- CBCA Honour Book, Younger Readers