Professor Bronwyn Lea
Head of School
School of Communication and Arts
+61 7 336 52593
Researcher biography
Professor Bronwyn Lea teaches and researches in contemporary literature, poetics, creative writing, research-led practice, and gender studies.
Research Interests
- Contemporary Literature
- Poetry and poetics
- Creative Writing
- Publishing and book culture
- Creativity and experience
- Gender and sexuality
Publications
Books
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). The deep north: a selection of poems. New York, NY United States: George Braziller.
Lea, Bronwyn and Duwell, Martin (2009). The best Australian poetry 2009: A selection of the best poems from Australia's literary journals. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
Lea, Bronwyn (2008). The other way out. Artarmon, NSW, Australia: Giramondo Publishing.
Brooks, David, Lea, Bronwyn and Duwell, Martin (2008). The best Australian poetry 2008: A selection of the best poems from Australia's literary journals. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
Lea, Bronwyn and Duwell, Martin (2007). The best Australian poetry 2007: A selection of the best poems from Australia's literary journals. St. Lucia, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
Lea, Bronwyn and Duwell, Martin (2006). The best Australian poetry 2006: A selection of the best poems from Australia's literary journals. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
Lea, Bronwyn and Duwell, Martin (2005). The best Australian poetry 2005: A selection of the best poems from Australia's literary journals. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
Lea, Bronwyn (2003). The Wooden Cat and Other Poems. Warners Bay, New South Wales: Picaro Press.
Lea, Bronwyn (2001). Flight Animals. 1 ed. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press.
Book Chapters
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). Poetics and poetry. The Cambridge companion to creative writing. (pp. 67-86) edited by David Morley and Philip Neilsen. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CCOL9780521768498.007
Lea, Bronwyn (2009). Walking down Wickham Terrace. Queenslanders all over. (pp. 390-390) edited by Joan Patricia Burton-Jones and Kathleen Moira Stewart. Robina, QLD, Australia: Bond University Press.
Lea, Bronwyn (2007). Two ways out. The Best Australian Poems 2007. (pp. 47-47) edited by Peter Rose. Melbourne: Black Inc..
Lea, Bronwyn (2007). Poetry publishing. Making Books: Contemporary Australian Publishing. (pp. 247-254) edited by D. J. Carter and A. Galligan. Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
Lea, Bronwyn (2004). A Place. The Best Australian Poems 2004. (pp. 112-112) edited by Les Murray. Melbourne, Vic.: Black Inc..
Lea, Bronwyn (2003). Our sun has fallen beneath a memory. The Indigo Book of Modern Australian Sonnets. (pp. 49-49) edited by Page, Geoff. Charnwood, ACT, Australia: Ginninderra Press.
Lea, Bronwyn (2001). The Greek Foot. Flight Animals. (pp. 6-6) St Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press.
Journal Articles
Lea, Bronwyn (2019). Death of a salesman (Queensland Theatre). Australian Book Review
Lea, Bronwyn (2017). Scenes from a marriage (Queensland Theatre). Australian Book Review
Lea, Bronwyn (2017). Noises off (Queensland Theatre and Melbourne Theatre Company). Australian Book Review
Bronwyn Lea (2017). Zeitgeist. Australian Book Review, 391
Lea, Bronwyn (2016). Australian poetry now. Poetry, 208 (2), 185-191.
Lea, Bronwyn (2016). Jeff Eating Ilona. Island (144), 103-103.
Lea, Bronwyn (2016). Blow Job (Kama Sutra). Island (144), 103-103.
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). Port Moresby. Antipodes, 27 (2), 212-212. doi: 10.13110/antipodes.27.2.0212
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). Pleasures of Aporia. Australian Book Review (354).
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). Ambiguous Agnes. Australian Book Review (351).
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). A Packet of Salted Peanuts. Australian Book Review, 348, 56-57.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). The mere self. Australian Book Review, 1 (341), 64-64.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). Dubious lessons. Australian Book Review, 1 (338), 27-27.
Lea, Bronwyn (2011). Stalled in transit: The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje. Australian Literary Review, 6 (9), 16-16.
Lea, Bronwyn (2011). Love against Max Hardcore. Australian Literary Review, 6 (6), 19-19.
Lea, Bronwyn (2011). The flood. Australian Literary Review, 6 (5), 21-21.
Lea, Bronwyn (2011). Jury still out for Mad Mel. Australian Literary Review, 6 (4), 8-8.
Lea, Bronwyn (2011). Masked marauder. Australian Literary Review, 6 (2), 18-19.
Lea, Bronwyn (2010). Curious fruit. Australian Book Review, 1 (324), 70-70.
Lea, Bronwyn (2010). Annual poetry review 2009-2010. Westerly, 55 (1), 21-38.
Lea, Bronwyn (2008). Women of a certain age. Australian Literary Review, 3 (11), 25-25.
Lea, Bronwyn (2008). Trends in poetry publishing: 1995-2008. Five Bells, 15 (4), 61-64.
Lea, Bronwyn (2008). The Poetry Bestseller. The Australian author, 6-9.
Lea, Bronwyn (2007). The Bodhisattva's hand: India, c. 1st century A.D.. Antipodes: A global journal of Australian/New Zealand literature, 21 (2), 147-147.
Lea, Bronwyn (2007). The other way out. Antipodes: A global journal of Australian/New Zealand literature, 21 (1), 52-52.
Lea, Bronwyn (2007). Learning the language. The Age, A2.29-A2.29.
Lea, Bronwyn (2007). The Peeping Tom and other voyeurs. Age, A2.10-A2.11.
Lea, Bronwyn (2005). One of the horses of Marly: Guillaume Coustou, 1745. Southerly, 65 (3), 140-140.
Lea, Bronwyn (2005). Palinode. Southerly, 65 (3), 141-141.
Lea, Bronwyn (2004). Insufficient knowledge. Quadrant, 48 (11), 70-70.
Lea, Bronwyn (2004). The Nightgown (poetry). Heat, 07, 96-96.
Lea, Bronwyn (2004). Bronwyn Lea (poetry). Heat, 07, 92-93.
Lea, Bronwyn (2003). This Day. Journal of Australian Studies, 77, 139-139.
Lea, Bronwyn (2002). Why I Write. Jacket: International Poetry and Prose Magazine, 16
Lea, Bronwyn (2002). Poem for Seferis. Salt, 15, 114-114.
Lea, Bronwyn (2002). Sylvia Plath's Bed. Island, 91 (Summer), 142-143.
Lea, Bronwyn (2002). These Gifts. Heat, 4, 146-146.
Lea, Bronwyn (2002). Cheap red wine. Overland, 166 (166), 54-54.
Lea, Bronwyn (2002). The Nest. Heat, 4, 145-145.
Lea, Bronwyn (2002). Absolute Pear. Journal of Australian Studies, 75 (75), 109-109. doi: 10.1080/14443050209387809
Lea, Bronwyn (2001). Tomorrow I Will Plant Flowers, Find a New Place to Hang My Keys. Sidewalk, 7/8, 80-80.
Lea, Bronwyn (2001). Antipodes. Journal of Australian Studies, 25 (68), 154-154. doi: 10.1080/14443050109387673
Conference Paper
Bulmer, M., Lea, B. and Rolka, K. (2006). Student beliefs and attitudes from poetry writing in statistics. 30th Conference of the International-Group-for-the-Psychology-of-Mathematics-Education, Prague, Czech Republic, JUL 16-21, 2006. Praha, Czech Republic: Charles University.
Thesis
Lea, Bronwyn (2005). The way into stone ; To dwell in possibility : social roles of the poet. PhD Thesis, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/107205
Newspaper Articles
Lea, Bronwyn (2018, 11 17). A life's work: Review of Collected Poems by Les Murray Black Inc, 736pp, $59.99 (HB) The Australian 16-16.
Bronwyn, Lea (2012, 04 21). Political poetry took down Guenter Grass ... but is it any good? The Conversation
Creative Works
Lea, Bronwyn (2014). A gift adrift: what the loss of RN’s Poetica means to poets. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2014). Grand slam: Lally Katz’s Doll’s House at the Brisbane Festival. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). Booker-Prize-Winner Eleanor Catton and Male Critics Aging Badly. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). Interrogating literature … and the language of who we are. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). Floodtide in the Heart: Vale Seamus Heaney. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2013. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). Michelle de Kretser Named Fifteenth Woman to Win the Miles Franklin. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). This year’s Miles Franklin is “all woman”. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). Lest we forget: Binyon’s Ode of Remembrance. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2013). Carrie Tiffany wins a Stella Prize of her own. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). Gasps as Nancy Huston scoops 2012 Bad Sex Award. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). My money's on economist Paul Mason to win Bad Sex Award. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). Another Man Booker for Hilary Mantel's mantle. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). Chinese gold: Mo Yan wins 2012 Nobel Prize in literature. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). Queensland announces literary award winners, no thanks to Newman. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). The mammaries linger on. Sydney, Australia: Nationwide News (The Australian).
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). End of empire: vale Gore Vidal. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). The blood became sick: Luke Davies' Interferon Psalms. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). Poetry bestsellers and other oxymorons. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). How fiction makes something happen. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). Anna Funder takes the Miles Franklin. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). Powers we pretend to understand: Anna Funder's All That I Am. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). Judges return the XX chromosomes to the Miles Franklin. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Lea, Bronwyn (2012). Paul D. Carter, 32, wins the Vogel, but what's age got to do with it?. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Conversation Media Trust.
Davidson, Robert and Lea, Bronwyn (2008). Insufficient knowledge: For The Australian Voices. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Australian Music Centre.
Lea, Bronwyn (2000). Handing Back Time. Toowoomba, Queensland: University of Southern Queensland.