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Liz
McQuilkin

A former English teacher, Liz McQuilkin began writing poetry after retiring. Her collaboration – with Karen Knight, Christiane Conésa-Bostock, Megan Schaffner and Liz Winfield – in the collection "Of Things Being Various" (Forty Degrees South) won the FAW National Community Award in 2010. "The Nonchalant Garden" (Walleah Press, 2014), was her first solo collection. She collaborated again with Karen Knight in "Renovating Madness" (Walleah Press, 2018). Her second solo collection, "Unwrapping Clouds", was published by Forty South in 2022.


A former English teacher, Liz McQuilkin began writing poetry after retiring. Her collaboration – with Karen Knight, Christiane Conésa-Bostock, Megan Schaffner and Liz Winfield – in the collection "Of Things Being Various" (Forty Degrees South) won the FAW National Community Award in 2010. "The Nonchalant Garden" (Walleah Press, 2014), was her first solo collection. She collaborated again with Karen Knight in "Renovating Madness" (Walleah Press, 2018). Her second solo collection, "Unwrapping Clouds", was published by Forty South in 2022.


Poet's Corner

The Pear Tree

by Liz McQuilkin
01 Mar 2025

I see your ripening fruit half-hidden in the foliage ...

Poet's Corner

The Pear Tree

by Liz McQuilkin
10 Nov 2024

I see your ripening fruit, half-hidden in the foliage ....

Poet's Corner

Thylacine

by Liz McQuilkin
13 Oct 2024

In thirty years of hiking in the highlands, I’ve sometimes sensed a presence ...

Poet's Corner

Why I admire you, Magnolia liliiflora

by Liz McQuilkin
31 Aug 2024

You could be having a vibrant July summer in China, your country of origin ...

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