Thomas Shapcott, At Marcoola

Thomas Shapcott was born in Ipswich, Queensland, in 1935. He completed an Arts degree at the University of Queensland in 1961, after working as an accountant for some years. He became a full-time writer in 1978. He was Director of the Literature Board of the Australia Council 1983-1990, and Executive Director of the National Book Council 1991-1997. Tom Shapcott was more recently Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide. During his career Shapcott has written poetry, novels, dramas, reviews and short stories.

Rare Object Number 59.
12 pages. Published 2010.
Cover image by Kay Orchison.