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DECLAN FRY is a writer, poet and essayist. Born on Wongatha country in Kalgoorlie, he has been awarded a Peter Blazey Fellowship, the Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Award for memoir, shortlisted for the Judith Wright Poetry Prize, and nominated for the Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism. He currently lives with his partner, their pup, Walnut, and a cat, Turnip. His latest work appears in Another Australia (Affirm Press).

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	Another Australia by Winnie Dunn (Editor), Declan Fry (Goodreads Author), Sara M. Saleh (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 88 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
	Griffith Review 74: Escape Routes by Ashley Hay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Declan Fry (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2021	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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