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Joel Deane Joel Deane i(A14586 works by)
Born: Established: 1969 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Great Australian Intemperance Joel Deane , Georgina Arnott (presenter), 2023 26915740 2023 single work podcast
1 3 y separately published work icon Judas Boys Joel Deane , Melbourne : Hunter Publishers , 2023 26219902 2023 single work novel

'What happens when the future falls as dark as your past?

When all that you have seduced and betrayed, rises up to drown you.

'Pat Pinnock is about to find out.

'Pinnock is a Judas Boy — a private schoolboy gone to seed. He’s lost his job as a political staffer. He sleeps in the garage of his estranged wife. He has finally run out of friends and must face his accusers — both the living and the dead.

'Judas Boys is the eagerly-awaited new novel from Joel Deane: a searing de profundis that reads like the secret history behind today’s political headlines. Deane brings the aftermath of professional catastrophe, personal betrayal, and public disgrace to life with a poet’s ear for the human voice fractured in extremis.' (Publication summary)

1 Cartmel i "The enigma of their affection", Joel Deane , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , November vol. 41 no. 3 2022; (p. 36)
1 Food Court i "I smell before I see my father", Joel Deane , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , November vol. 41 no. 3 2022; (p. 36)
1 Passcode Joel Deane , 2022 single work short story
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 4-10 June 2022;
1 Blister i "The teenaged paparazzo who prowled", Joel Deane , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 35 no. 1 2021; (p. 111) Australian Poetry Anthology 10 2023; (p. 21)
1 January, 2017 i "Lazy Melbourne days", Joel Deane , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , February 2019;
1 Australia Day i "The child climbs", Joel Deane , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , February 2019;
1 All That Remains i "And after the worst day?", Joel Deane , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , February 2019;
1 What We Saw i "‘A rushing, not a wind; different from a wind.", Joel Deane , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , February 2019;
1 A Kombi Van Full of Koalas Joel Deane , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2019;
1 A Wasp in the Ward i "scrawling graffiti in negative", Joel Deane , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 77 no. 1 2017; (p. 185)
1 In Absentia Joel Deane , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 382 2016; (p. 49)

— Review of Comfort Zone Lindsay Tanner , 2016 single work novel
1 [Untitled] i "His life repeats on the portable TV", Joel Deane , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , May 2016;
1 [Untitled] i "The giant toad squatting, dead centre of the room,", Joel Deane , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , May 2016;
1 [Untitled] i "Paramedics arrive.", Joel Deane , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , May 2016;
1 6 y separately published work icon Year of the Wasp Joel Deane , St Lucia : Hunter Publishers , 2016 9569308 2016 selected work poetry

'In 2012 poet and writer Joel Deane suffered a stroke. Suddenly he was a poet without language. Year of the Wasp tracks Deane’s journey to rediscover his poetic voice.

From these deeply personal origins Deane’s third poetry collection rises to confront the realities of politics and culture, language and love in contemporary Australia. It is a journey of poetic transfiguration that produces a work of unrivalled power, emotional intensity, and insight.' (Publication summary)

1 South of Shepp i "the Renault punched a hole", Joel Deane , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2016; (p. 16-18)
1 Following the Many Elbows of the Yarra i "Following the many elbows of the Yarra", Joel Deane , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2016 2016; (p. 52-53)
1 Year of the Wasp i "Doors painted red, summer night drowsy with smoke,", Joel Deane , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 75 no. 3 2016; (p. 6) Meanjin Online 2016;
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