Brook Emery

Summary

Brook Emery is an Australian poet, educator, and surf lifesaver. Described by Martin Duwell as "a major poet", and recipient of the 2011 $25,000 for Poetry Australian Council Literature Board Grant for Developing Writers, Emery has been the New South Wales editor of Blue Dog, the Journal of the Australian Poetry Centre. Along with Peter Minter, David Brooks, and Martin Harrison he was one of the founders of the Sydney Poetry Network. He has chaired the Australian Poetry Festival and the Poets Union, and is a mentor at the Australian Society of Authors.