Bel Schenk (born 1975) is an Australian poet and author resident in Melbourne. She has performed her work widely in venues around Australia.
Schenk was born in Adelaide, South Australia.
She is the author of The Most Famous Boy In Town (2024), Every Time You Close Your Eyes (2014),Every Time You Close Your Eyes (Wakefield Press, 2014. Ambulances & Dreamers (2008)Ambulances & Dreamers (Wakefield Press, 2008. and Urban Squeeze.Bel Schenk on Trove.
From 2008 to 2011 Schenk was employed as the artistic director of Express Media in Melbourne, and worked for many years prior to that at the SA Writers' Centre.
Selected works Urban Squeeze (2003) Ambulances & Dreamers (2008) Every Time You Close Your Eyes (2014) The Most Famous Boy In Town (2024)
References
Further reading Express Media Lifting the Roof and Showing us Inside: Geoff Lemon launches ’Every Time You Close Your Eyes’ by Bel Schenk. Geoff Lemon's launch speech for Every Time You Close Your Eyes in The Rochford Street Review, 7 April 2015.