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Lisa Collyer

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Sydney, Australia

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Poetry, Memoir, Fiction

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September 2022

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Lisa Collyer is an author in Boorloo (Perth). She is the author of two poetry collections, Gold Digger (2025) and How To Order Eggs Sunny Side Up (2023) (short-listed for The Dorothy Hewett Award): both published with Life Before Man Books. Her personal essay, Prolonged Exposure is published in the anthology, Women of a Certain Courage (2025) with Fremantle Press. Her poem, ‘The Grape Pickers’ was short-listed for the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize (2025). She is an artist in residence at Bundanon Art Museum (2025) where she will create new work on climate grief.

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Average rating: 4.34 · 35 ratings · 10 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	How to Order Eggs Sunny Side Up 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of a Certain Courage by Bron Bateman (Editor), Lisa Collyer (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon (contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wrong Way Go Back (Pure Slush, #19) by Matt Potter (Editor), Alex Reece Abbott (Contributor), Ahmed M. Al-Asa’adi (Contributor) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gold Digger it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters to Our Home by Vivienne Glance (Contributor), Anil (Contributor), Alan Boyd (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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'bound to be an Australian classic.'
I am thrilled by this close and engaged reading and review of my debut, How to Order Eggs Sunny Side Up.
Thanks to Elizabeth Walton and Arts Hub.

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Lisa Collyer and 1 other person liked Rozanna Lilley's review of The Rest of Our Lives: "239 pages on the mid-life crisis of a dull man. Sometimes I enjoyed the clipped sentences and the way the reader was walked, or driven, step by step through the action (or, more frequently, non-action). I'm sure a lot of people are very flat but do I" Read more of this review »
Nov 29, 2025 09:37PM · see review
Lisa Collyer made a comment on Margaret Whitton’s review of Gold Digger " Thank you so much, Margaret for this wonderful review and sharing with your friends. In Gratitude "
Nov 11, 2025 02:40PM · see review
Lisa Collyer and 1 other person liked Margaret Whitton's review of Gold Digger: "Clever, resonating poetry and prose of resilience and courage. A poetry book to dip into, read and then spend time gazing out the window thinking about what you have just read. I have bought copies for my friends.And they will do the same for their fri" Read more of this review »
Nov 11, 2025 02:39PM · see review
Lisa Collyer made a comment on Denise O'Hagan’s review of Gold Digger " Thank you so much, Denise for this thoughtful and nuanced reading. "
Nov 10, 2025 09:46PM · see review
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Lisa Collyer and 1 other person liked Denise O'Hagan's review of Gold Digger: "A powerful poetic testament to women’s enduring resilience, Gold Digger is striking for its light, lyrical touch and the author’s trademark deft humour. Nowhere is this humour more palpable than in the part titles themselves, such as ‘Women who Smoul" Read more of this review »
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Lisa Collyer rated a book it was amazing The Foal in the Wire by Robbie Coburn (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Collyer rated a book it was amazing Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
this book is of contemporary unease and the fragility of our egos. Brilliant book, very moved by the narrator's inner thoughts and her opting out ...more
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