Roberta LowingRoberta Lowing's poems have been published in 'Meanjin', 'Blue Dog', 'Overland', 'Southerly', 'Five Bells', 'The Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology' and 'Best Australian Poems'. Her first collection of poetry, 'Ruin' (a 55-poem sequence on the Iraq Wartold in four voices, published by Interactive Press, 2010) was co-winner of the 2011 Asher Literary Award. Roberta's first novel 'Notorious' (Allen & Unwin) was shortlisted for the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards and the 2011 Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best Book (South-East Asia and Pacific Region). Previously a full-time film critic for Fairfax Media, her other works include 'The Sun-Herald and Sunday Age Family DVD Guide' (Fairfax Books). Roberta published her second poetry collection, 'The Searchers', in 2014 (Island Press). Her 2014 children's book, 'My Pet Octopus Is A Top Darts Player', was published through Wuthering Ink: The Authors Portal. Roberta also compiles and publishes the poetry events guide 'The Poetry News' as a free weekly e-newsletter, to readers in Australia, America, England, India and more, as well as a monthly 48 page e-booklet version and monthly in-store (printed) booklet. Read More Read Less