Shilton's poetry has been included in a number of anthologies, journals and broadcast radio[3] and in 2018, she published her first book Walking with camels: the story of Bertha Strehlow through University of Western Australia Publishing, developed from her creative writing PhD, Giving silence its voice: uncovering Bertha Strehlow's voice through poetry.[5] It was a finalist in the Northern Territory History Book Awards.
Shilton's second book, Malcolm : a story in verse, was published in 2019 and it is set in Melbourne's underbelly and centres around Malcolm, a 17 year old boy, with a difficult and violent upbringing.[6]
Shilton is also a founding member of Ptilotus Press, a community publisher in Alice Springs, which is managed by a collective of local writers.[1]
Awards and honoursedit
Northern Territory Literary Award for poetry, 2010 and 2016[7]
2015, shortlisted, University of Canberra Poetry Prize[8]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Leni Shilton · The Stella Prize". The Stella Prize. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
^"Leni Shilton". NT Writers' Centre. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
^ ab"Leni Shilton: (author/organisation) | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
^"Strengthening Community Capacity to End Violence" (PDF). NPY Women’s Council. 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
^"Strehlow Centre great legacy". www.ntnews.com.au. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^SHILTON, LENI (2019), MALCOLM : a story in verse, UWA PUBLISHING, ISBN978-1-76080-053-6
^ ab"Northern Territory Literary Awards - Past winners | Library & Archives NT". lant.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^"Leni Shilton". UWA Publishing. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
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leni, shilton, poet, teacher, researcher, based, alice, springs, northern, territory, australia, biography, editshilton, grew, papua, guinea, melbourne, australia, moved, alice, springs, 1985, region, work, remote, area, nurse, health, educator, since, taught,. Leni Shilton is a poet teacher and researcher based in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia 1 Biography editShilton grew up in Papua New Guinea and Melbourne Australia She moved to Alice Springs in 1985 to the region to work as a remote area nurse and health educator but has since taught creative writing at the Alice Springs Correctional Centre and Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education 2 3 She has also worked at NPY Women s Council as an education researcher 4 Shilton s poetry has been included in a number of anthologies journals and broadcast radio 3 and in 2018 she published her first book Walking with camels the story of Bertha Strehlow through University of Western Australia Publishing developed from her creative writing PhD Giving silence its voice uncovering Bertha Strehlow s voice through poetry 5 It was a finalist in the Northern Territory History Book Awards Shilton s second book Malcolm a story in verse was published in 2019 and it is set in Melbourne s underbelly and centres around Malcolm a 17 year old boy with a difficult and violent upbringing 6 Shilton is also a founding member of Ptilotus Press a community publisher in Alice Springs which is managed by a collective of local writers 1 Awards and honours editNorthern Territory Literary Award for poetry 2010 and 2016 7 Northern Territory Literary Award essay category 2012 7 2015 shortlisted University of Canberra Poetry Prize 8 References edit a b Leni Shilton The Stella Prize The Stella Prize Retrieved 10 November 2019 Leni Shilton NT Writers Centre Retrieved 10 November 2019 a b Leni Shilton author organisation AustLit Discover Australian Stories www austlit edu au Retrieved 10 November 2019 Strengthening Community Capacity to End Violence PDF NPY Women s Council 2017 Retrieved 18 May 2020 Strehlow Centre great legacy www ntnews com au 21 April 2015 Retrieved 17 January 2020 SHILTON LENI 2019 MALCOLM a story in verse UWA PUBLISHING ISBN 978 1 76080 053 6 a b Northern Territory Literary Awards Past winners Library amp Archives NT lant nt gov au Retrieved 1 June 2022 Leni Shilton UWA Publishing Retrieved 17 January 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leni Shilton amp oldid 1177308296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
