North Sydney Council welcomes new Writer in Residence for 2024

North Sydney Council

North Sydney Council is thrilled to announce Denise O’Hagan as the Don Bank Writer in Residence for 2024.

Denise O’Hagan, an internationally recognised and award-winning poet and editor, brings a wealth of experience and talent to our studio.

Born in Rome, she has published two critically acclaimed poetry collections: The Beating Heart (Ginninderra Press, 2020) and Anamnesis (Recent Work Press, 2022). Her latest collection, Anamnesis, which explores the role of memory in the world we create through language, has received high praise, being a finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Award (USA), the Eyelands Book Awards (Greece) and shortlisted for the Rubery Book Award (UK).

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