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David McCooey

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David McCooey (born 1967 in London), poet, critic, musician, and academic. He is Personal Chair in Literary Studies and Professional & Creative Writing at Deakin University in Geelong.

Early life and education

David McCooey was born in London in 1967. He moved to Perth, Western Australia, with his family in 1970.{{Cite web |last= |title=David McCooey |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A19052 |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |language=en}} He studied for a BA (hons) at University of Western Australia (1985–1988), and completed his doctorate at Sydney University (1990–1993).{{Cite web |last=McCooey |first=David Wyndham |date=1993 |title=Artful histories : modern Australian autobiography |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7002647/version/37378370 |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Trove Australia}}

Career

McCooey is Personal Chair in Literary Studies and Professional & Creative Writing at Deakin University in Geelong and regularly writes reviews for Australian Book Review and The Age. He has been the recipient of a number of ARC (Australian Research Council) awards. From 2004 to 2006 he was associate editor of Space: New Writing and in 2013 he was inaugural poetry editor of Australian Book Review.

McCooey, described by Nicholas Birns in The Australian as "one of the pioneers of Australian studies of life writing",Nicholas Birns, 'On Our Selection', review of The Cambridge History of Australian Literature, The Australian, 4 November 2009, p. 21. is the author of a key critical work in Australian autobiography, Artful Histories: Modern Australian Autobiography, which was published by Cambridge University Press in 1996, and re-published in 2009. Artful Histories won a NSW Premier's Literary Award in 1996, and was shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Award for Best Australian Book in 1997.

McCooey's first poetry collection, Blister Pack (Salt Publishing), won the 2006 Mary Gilmore Award, and was shortlisted for four other major awards. McCooey is the Deputy General Editor of the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature (Allen & Unwin, published internationally by Norton as The Literature of Australia), which won the "Special Award" in the 2010 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and a 2010 Australian Educational Publishing Award. McCooey's latest book of poetry Outside (Salt Publishing) was published in 2011, and in 2012 it was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards and was a finalist for the Melbourne Prize for Literature's "Best Writing" award. In her review of Outside in The Australian, Fiona Wright commented on the collection's "remarkable power to draw the reader in" and its "shifting and subtle exploration of creativity".'Inner Truths Found Outside', The Weekend Australian, 19–20 May 2012, Review: 18-19. McCooey's poetry has appeared widely in Australian journals, newspapers, and anthologies, including The Best Australian Poems annual anthology in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 (the final year of the series). His "poetry soundtracks" (original poetry, music, and sound design) have appeared in various CD issues of literary journals, and have been broadcast on ABC Radio National, 3RRR and elsewhere. An album of poetry soundtracks, Outside Broadcast, was released as a digital download in 2013.Outside Broadcast, https://music.apple.com/au/album/outside-broadcast/682660501 His third full-length collection of poetry, Star Struck was published by UWA Publishing in 2016.Star Struck, http://uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/star-struck Writing in The Australian, Geoff Page described the collection as "disturbingly good and arguably his best so far", concluding that it is an example of "contemporary Australian poetry at its engaging best".Geoff Page, 'Australian poetry: Bruce Dawe, Barnes, Jaireth, McCooey', http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/australian-poetry-bruce-dawe-barnes-jaireth-mccooey/news-story/313b80600a9d7f8c57824089ddae1c2d The Book of Falling, McCooey's fourth full-length collection of poetry, was published in 2023 by Upswell.The Book of Falling, https://upswellpublishing.com/product/the-book-of-falling In addition to lyric poetry, the collection includes three "photo poems", featuring found photographs and photographs by McCooey. A photograph by McCooey is also used for the book's cover art. John Kinsella, writing in The Saturday Paper described "McCooey's gift" as his "control of tone", noting "an uncanny sense of that dynamic of distance and intimacy in which McCooey is so proficient".John Kinsella, 'David McCooey: The Book of Falling', https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/books/2023/02/28/the-book-falling

McCooey is married to the writer and academic Maria Takolander. Unfortunately his son Samuel Takolander has yet to live up to his parents legacy, and shows no sign of doing so.https://www.davidmccooey.com/blog-1/2015/6/15/world-poetry-day-reading-2015

Awards and nominations

Publications

=Poetry=

  • The Book of Falling (2023){{cite web|title= The Book of Falling by David McCooey|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8806264 |access-date= 28 October 2024}}
  • Star Struck (2016){{cite web|title= Star Struck by David McCooey|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7088108 |access-date= 28 October 2024}}
  • Outside (2011){{cite web|title= Outside by David McCooey|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C823560|access-date= 28 October 2024}}
  • Graphic (2010){{cite web|title= Graphic by David McCooey|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4979823 |access-date= 28 October 2024}}
  • Blister Pack (2005){{cite web|title= Blister Pack by David McCooey|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3506844 |access-date= 28 October 2024}}

=Audio=

  • The Apartment (with Paul Hetherington, 2018){{cite web|title="The Apartment by David McCooey and Paul Hetherington" |publisher= Apple Music|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/the-apartment/1446520898|access-date= 28 October 2024}}
  • The Double (2017){{cite web|title="The Double by David McCooey" |publisher= Apple Music|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/the-double/1262473458|access-date= 28 October 2024}}
  • Outside Broadcast (2013){{cite web|title="Outside Broadcast by David McCooey" |publisher= Apple Music|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/outside-broadcast/682660501|access-date= 28 October 2024}}

=Anthology=

As Deputy General Editor: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature (2009), published internationally as The Literature of Australia (2009)

=Literary criticism=

Artful Histories: Modern Australian Autobiography (1996)

Professional associations

References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070829041456/http://www.asc.uq.edu.au/asal/doc/Gilmore06.rtf Judges' Report, 2006 Mary Gilmore Award] Retrieved (27 August 2007)
  • [http://www.research.deakin.edu.au/performance/pubs/reports/cd/1999/output/person/mccooda.htm Research Output for David McCooey] 1999 Deakin University Research Report (Retrieved 27 August 2007)

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External links

  • [https://www.davidmccooey.com Official website]
  • [https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/contemporary-history-studies/professor-david-mccooey/ Contemporary Histories Research Group Profile]

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Category:1967 births

Category:Australian poets

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Category:University of Western Australia alumni

Category:University of Sydney alumni

Category:Academic staff of Deakin University