Barry Charles Divola is an Australian journalist, columnist and author.SMH – the passion behind the plastic
Birth and family Divola was born in Sydney, the first son of Kevin Divola. He lives in Perth, Western Australia, with his wife and two daughters.Barry Divola on how to manage freelance work and parenting Retrieved 13 January 2019.
Writing career Divola is a regular contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald and was a columnist and feature writer for that newspaper's monthly publication, (sydney) magazine, where he presented the columns Street Life and Hole in the Wall. He was the music critic for Who, a senior writer for Rolling Stone and contributor to Madison and Entertainment Weekly.ABC Unleashed – Barry Divola
Bibliography
Books
M is for Metal : The loudest alphabet book on earth (with Paul McNeil) – ABC Books, (Syd, 2006) The Secret Life of Backpackers : A bunk's-eye view of the tourist trail from Bondi to Cairns – ABC Books, (Syd, 2008) National Library of Australia – Catalogue Nineteen Seventysomething – Affirm Press, (2010)
Essays and reporting
Album reviews Album titleArtistReviewed inKindredPassion Pit No Pier PressureBrian Wilson Beat the ChampThe Mountain Goats Postcards from ParadiseRingo Starr Carrie & LowellSufjan Stevens
Awards He won the Banjo Paterson Award for short fiction in 2004, 2005 and 2006 for his stories Nipple, Cicada Boy and Nixon.Your mother would be proud of you – Barry Divola
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