‘Rehumanising’ work delivers poet major prize

CASTLEMAINE’S Andy Jackson, who discovered poetry “almost by accident” 30 years ago, has won one of the biggest literary prizes in the country. Jackson, who lives with the physical condition Marfan syndrome, took out the $80,000 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry for his fifth poetry book Human Looking, which challenges preconceptions around disability and difference with an unpredictable cast of characters and voices. Bendigo Advertiser, 22 December 2022 Read more