Literary C.V. – Lee Taylor-Friend

January 2005

• ‘That dam(n) wall                                                                                       Snowy River Echo  (First poem published)

2005  

• Winner – Open Bush Poetry                                                                    Snowy River Festival

2006  

• Monthly Column  ‘Poetry in Motion’                                                       Snowy Times

May 2006 

• ‘Don’t sell our Snowy Hydro’ a poem I wrote to protest against the proposed sale of Snowy Hydro was read live on air with Alan Jones.
  The poem became an anthem of sorts that was used in the media campaign and subsequent rallies to stop the sale. It featured in many newspapers and media across Australia, was broadcast on radio several times and was posted on various websites.

2005-2007

• Variety of poems and articles:
• Snowy River Echo
• Summit Sun
• Tumut-Adelong Times
• Monaro Post
• ABPA Newsletter

2007

• Released first book of poetry:
• “Tommy’s Girl – stories of the high country – stories of my life…”     High County Press

2008  

• Winner – Open Bush Poetry                                                                         Snowy River Festival

2007-2012 

• ‘Motherhood and other matters’                                                                  Snowy River Echo – monthly column

 

2006-2015

• Various paid and voluntary performances, recitals, writing and poetry workshops for community groups, schools, councils and organisations including Snowy River Shire Council, Bombala Shire Council, Carerfest and local schools in the Snowy Mountains region.

2009

• Australian Bush Laureate Awards:
• One of five Australian finalists – “Australian Bush Poem of the year”  – ‘High Country Dreams…’

2009 

• Winner ‘Broken Ski Award’ – ‘Mother Snowy – Live or Die???’              Snowy Mountains of Music Festival
  I was interviewed on ABC radio by Helen Clare after winning the ‘Broken Ski Award’ and was subsequently asked to be an occasional panelist on a new ABC radio segment called ‘Fair Dinkum Families’ with Helen Clare 11.15am Sunday mornings.

2010 

• Performance Poetry with Carole Heuchan ‘The two-up Poetesses’        Snowy Mountains of Music Festival

2012-2016

• ‘Everybody has a story to tell…’                                                                       Snowy River Echo – monthly column

2015

• Released second book of poetry:
• ‘Moving On…healing through verse…’                                                           High Country Press

2015-2016

• Developed and presented ‘Writing As Therapy’ workshops  Jindabyne and Canberra

2016

• Released:
• ‘Daily Awakenings…A poem a day…Mindfulness through Verse…’        High Country Press

2017

• Released:
• ‘Daily Awakenings…A poem a day…Connection through Verse…’           High Country Press
• Winner ‘Broken Ski Award’ – ‘Snowdrifts of Time…’                                   Peak Music Festival

2017-2018

• ‘Poetics…’                                                                                                              Snowy River Echo – monthly column

2019

• Released:
• ‘Bush Mother…Reflections of motherhood in verse…’                                High Country Press

• ‘Everybody has a story to tell…’                                                                        Monaro Post – monthly column

2020-Present 

Writing – studying – creating – presenting workshops…