Bel Schenk

Australian poet resident in Melbourne (born 1975)

Bel Schenk (born 1975) is an Australian poet and author resident in Melbourne. She has performed her work widely in venues around Australia.[1]

Schenk was born in Adelaide, South Australia.[1]

She is the author of The Most Famous Boy In Town (2024),[2] Every Time You Close Your Eyes (2014),[3] Ambulances & Dreamers (2008)[4] and Urban Squeeze.[5]

From 2008 to 2011 Schenk was employed as the artistic director of Express Media in Melbourne,[6] and worked for many years prior to that at the SA Writers' Centre.[citation needed]

## Selected works

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* Urban Squeeze (2003) ISBN 1-74027-189-0
* Ambulances & Dreamers (2008) ISBN 978-1-86254-818-3
* Every Time You Close Your Eyes (2014) ISBN 978-1-74305-319-5
* The Most Famous Boy In Town (2024) ISBN 978-0-6483988-2-0

## References

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1. ^ a b "Bel Schenk". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
2. ^ "The Most Famous Boy in Town". short Australian stories - everywhere. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
3. ^ Every Time You Close Your Eyes (Wakefield Press, 2014.
4. ^ Ambulances & Dreamers (Wakefield Press, 2008.
5. ^ Bel Schenk on Trove.
6. ^ "Alumni & friends « Writers, Young Writer, Writing Courses, Creative Writing". Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

## Further reading

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* 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.

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