Tim Metcalf
{{short description|Australian poet and medical practitioner}}
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Tim Metcalf is an Australian poet and doctor, described as one of Australia's most published doctor-poets. He resides in Brogo, New South Wales (NSW), and has specialized in remote area medicine since 1984. He has worked in NSW, Victoria, the Northern Territory, and British Columbia.[http://9thnrhc.ruralhealth.org.au/keynotes/docs/papers/metcalf_KN.pdf Biography - 9th National Rural Health Conference 2007] In 2007, he received the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards poetry award for his anthology of poems, Verbal Medicine, which is his fourth book.[http://bega.yourguide.com.au/articles/1149728.html?src=topstories Local Writer's Poetry Prize, Bega News, 21 Dec 2007 ] Additionally, he was awarded First Prize in the Annual Australian W. B. Yeats Poetry Prize in 2000 for his entry, Stages of Dying.
Bibliography
- Corvus, Ginninderra Press Canberra 2001 {{ISBN|1740271149}}
- Cut to the Word, Ginninderra Press Canberra 2002 {{ISBN|1740271688}}
- Into the No Zone, Ginninderra Press Canberra 2003 {{ISBN|174027167X}}
- Verbal Medicine, Ginninderra Press, Canberra, 2006 {{ISBN|1-74027-369-9}}
- The Solution to Us, Ginninderra Press Adelaide 2008 {{ISBN|1-74027-473-3}}
- The Effective Butterfly, Ginninderra Press, Port Adelaide 2010 {{ISBN|9781740276542}}
- Last To Go and Other Poems, Picaro Press, Cardiff NSW 2012
- The Underwritten Plain, Ginninderra Press, Port Adelaide 2018 {{ISBN|9781760415778}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.timmetcalf.com.au Tim Metcalf's Home Page] contains poems and essays, a full bibliography, readings in medical literature developed for Australian National University Medical School, and the Poets of the Bega Valley Audio Project
- [http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/news/31/0c048531.asp Review of Verbal Medicine by Dr Jim Leavesley, Australian Doctor, 1 Feb 2007]
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