Sam Byfield

Sam Byfield (born 1981) is an Australian poet.
Byfield was born in Newcastle, Australia. He graduated from the University of Newcastle in 2003 with a BA in Australian foreign policy and from the Australian National University with a Master of International Affairs in 2004. He works in the international development sector.
Publications
Byfield's first book, From the Middle Kingdom (ISBN 1-58998-528-1), was published in 2007.
He has been published in Australian magazines including , Southerly and Island; in such international magazines as The Asia Literary Review, The National Poetry Review and The Warwick Review; and extensively online including in Eclectica Magazine. In 2008 he appeared at the Sydney Writers' Festival,. He also headlined at the National Young Writers' Festival, and read at various venues in Beijing and Melbourne.
In 2009 he was Highly Commended in the Brisbane-Reason Poetry Prize and Commended in the Bauhinia Literary Awards Open Poetry section and the Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Prize.
 
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