'Flight Paths: Poems 1979-2023' | ISBN 978 1 763825 925 | 96 pgs | March 2025 | $20
Janet Upcher lives in Opossum Bay, near Hobart. She has travelled in the
UK and Europe, has taught in Tasmania, East Timor and France, and
writes anywhere. Although her favourite genre is poetry, she has
published and won awards for short fiction, drama scripts, essays and
reviews.
Alongside publishing her work in various journals, she has published
longer works in diverse fields, including literary criticism, a history of
Masters Athletics and collaborations with visual artist Jennifer Marshall
to produce three Artist’s books.
After teaching English Literature, English and French language at several
Tasmanian tertiary institutions and pre-tertiary colleges and secondary
schools, she retired to focus on being mother, editor, writer and reviewer.
She is now a devoted grandmother, beachcomber and bird watcher.