Philomena van Rijswijk
Philomena van Rijswijk is a poet, novelist and story writer living in Tasmania. Her most well-known novel, The World as a Clockface, was published by Penguin. Her poems and short stories have been published in collections and literary journals in Australia, Ireland and India. Her work was included in Best Australian Stories 2002 (Black Inc) and Best Australian Poetry 2005 (UQP). Some of her stories have been translated into Hindi and published in Indian literary journals and anthologies. Her poetry collection, Bread of the Lost, was published by Walleah Press in December 2013. Her latest fabulist novel, The Bishop, the Gypsy and the Dancing Bear, addresses the themes of xenophobia and border security.
Links:
Blog
Poetry
Huon Valley Poetry Blogger
Publication List:
NOVELS
THE TIME IT RAINED FISH, Esperance Press Tasmania 1999 (print-run 500; with the help of funding from Arts Tas).
THE WORLD AS A CLOCKFACE Penguin Books Australia 2001 (print-run of 5000; published in Australia and New Zealand). Nominated by Penguin for the 2001/2002 Miles Franklin Award.
SHORT STORIES
A NEWLY DISCOVERED SUBSTANCE EVERY COLOUR BUT BLUE Cliff Street Publishing, Fremantle 1995.
DEVIL’S FANCY 40 DEGREES SOUTH No7 1997 (Launch of new fiction segment).
FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY MEANJIN May 2002 (winner of 1999 inaugural Tasmanian Writers’ Centre short story competition).
FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY BEST AUSTRALIAN STORIES 2002, Black Inc.
THE INDIAN CARVER OF APPLEBARK MEANJIN 2003 VOL. 62. No 2
SKY VIEW ROAD MEANJIN 2005 VOL. 64 NOS 1-2
THE PLANET TERRARIUM ISLAND 99
HOUSEHOLD GODS REID’S MAGAZINE Vol.1 Number 1
SKY VIEW ROAD and THE GARDENS OF SHALIMAR translated into Hindi by Dr Aruna Sitesh, University of Calcutta
SKY VIEW ROAD and THE GARDENS OF SHALIMAR, Breeze from a Distant Land, Dr Sitesh Alok, University of Calcutta
Faith, Hope and Charity in Deep South, Stories from Tasmania, Ed. Danielle Wood, 2012
The Miracle Calendar, awarded one of the prizes in Adult Learners’ Week 2011 short story competition.
The Boy Who Couldn’t See Colours, Southerly, 2014
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, MEANJIN, Autumn 2016
COMMISSIONED REVIEWS
LiNQ magazine Volume 27, No 2 2000.(Poetry collections by Mal Morgan, Colleen Z Burke and Carline Gerrish)
FAMOUS REPORTER ( “Terminal Velocity”, Molly Guy)
ISLAND 2002 (“There’s a Bear in There…and he wants Swedish”, Merridy Eastman)
FAMOUS REPORTER 2004 ( “Three Golden Fishes”, Louise Crisp)
ISLAND 2005 (“Toccata & Rain”, Philip Salom)
MISCELLANEOUS
LOST IN TASMANIA, MY LAND OF PRIVATE DIEMENS THE AGE Monday January 28 2002.
HEAD ROOM SUNDAY LIFE MAGAZINE (The Age and the Sunday Telegraph) February 17 2002.
THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S LAND ARMY Oral history for the AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS SCHOOL KIT 1995
POETRY
Collections
BREAD OF THE LOST, collection, Walleah Press, 2013
TRAIL OF BONES AND GODSTONES small collection of poems by Philomena van Rijswijk; Esperance Press, Tasmania 1997
Individual Poems
SUNNYBROOK THE NIGHTJAR edited by John Hawke (Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology)1997
LAZY BED REPUBLIC READINGS #1 September 2000
TRAIL OF BONES AND GODSTONES REPUBLIC READINGS #3 April 2001
SHE DONE THE DIRTY, SOME THINGS DON’T BOUNCE,EATIN’ JIM CROW and
SKIN DIVER MOORILLA MOSAIC (Contemporary Tasmanian Writing) edited by Robyn Mathison and Lyn Reeves. Bumble-bee Books 2001.
SUNNYBROOK and MY ANIMAL INTERIOR DESPOTS (running the border) edited by Sue Moss and Karen Knight. Pardalote Press 2001.
Excerpt from SKEPTICOS THE TURNING WAVE (anthology of Irish-Australian poetry) edited by Colleen Z Burke 2001
ELLEN BARRY HOBO December 1995
CUL-DE-SAC BEDOUIN ISLAND Spring 1996
EVEN THE SWEEPERS ISLAND Winter 1997
THE LITTLE FLOWER FREE XPRESSION June 1998
THE BIG DRY …POETRIX May 1998
CHICKENWIRE GULLY FAMOUS REPORTER June 1999
STRIP JACK NAKED SOUTHERLY Winter 1999
FORGET-ME-NOT and BUTTERFLY FLESH HECATE 25th Anniversary Issue 1999
NO ENGELS AT MY TABLE and INDIAN SUMMER HECATE Vol26 No2 2000
TOO YELLOW TO UNDO ISLAND Winter 2000
THE HUNGRY TONGUE LITERATURE AND AESTHETICS November 2000
MY ANIMAL FAMOUS REPORTER December 2000
CLOCKWORK BIRDS HECATE Vol27 No1 2001
What the Survivors Said HECATE Vol. 28 No2 (2002)
The Girl of the Limberlost HECATE xxv/ii 1999
Feminine Past/Times, Little Paper Bag of Sweeties,The Forbidden Planet Irish Feminist Review Vol. 1 2005
My Beautiful Whitewashed Skin HECATE 30/1/2004 and The Best Australian Poetry 2005 UQP
Sleight of Hand HECATE 30/1/2004
Shotgun Wedding Republic Readings 8
Crying for that Girl Republic Readings 7
Cold Climate Martyrdom, Siberian Sleep Berries, Nostos Blue Giraffe 3
Blue Lake Beans and Others, HECATE 33.2, 2007
The Frogs Sand Me Back, Hecate,2007
The Upside-down Sweetness Inside, Island 116
PUBLISHED ONLINE
Winning poem, Poetic Diversity
The Miracle Calendar, podcast and text online for Adult Learners’ Week 2011 (prize-winner)