Richard Hillman (poet)

Richard Hillman (born 16 March 1964 in Liverpool, New South Wales) is an Australian poet.

He has published a number of collections, and was a founding editor of the poetry and poetics journal Sidewalk (1997).[1] His "The Big Wet Takes Hold" (2004) and "The Night Parrot" (2006) were selected among the best Australian poems.[2][3] In 2001, he was a doctoral student at Flinders University.[4]

  1. ^ Arnold, John; John A. Hay; Sally Batten (2001). The bibliography of Australian literature, Volume 2. U of Queensland P. p. 451. ISBN 978-0-7022-3500-9.
  2. ^ Porter, Peter (2005). The Best Australian Poetry 2005. University of Queensland Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7022-3518-4.
  3. ^ Rose, Peter (2007). The Best Australian Poems 2007. Black. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-86395-417-4.
  4. ^ Hillman, Richard; Heather Sladdin (2001). Flow. Wakefield Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-86254-543-4.