Louise Oxley

Louise Oxley (born Elizabeth Louise Hawker, Hobart, 1955) is an Australian poet^[1][2] who "often uses nature as a vehicle to enter metaphors that examine a more emotional, inner view of the world".^[3]

Oxley has spent most of her life in Tasmania, but has also lived in France, the UK and Thailand. She holds an MA (Applied Linguistics) from Macquarie University, Sydney. In 2011 she was writer-in-residence at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. She served on the board of the Tasmanian Writers Centre (now TasWriters) in 2003–2006 and on advisory panels for ArtsTasmania 2001–2002. From 2007 to 2010 Oxley was Tasmanian editor for the Australian Poetry Centre's journal Blue Dog (now Australian Poetry Journal). In 2020 she retired from the University of Tasmania, where she worked as an Academic Language and Learning Adviser.