# Tim Sinclair

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{{Short description|Australian poet}}
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'''Tim Sinclair''' (born 1972) is an Australian author of [young adult fiction](/source/young_adult_fiction) and [poetry](/source/poetry), resident in [Sydney](/source/Sydney).

Sinclair was born in the [Adelaide Hills](/source/Adelaide_Hills), [South Australia](/source/South_Australia).

Best known for the [verse novel](/source/verse_novel)s ''Run'' and ''Nine Hours North'' ([Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books)), he is also the author of the poetry collections ''Re:reading the dictionary'' and ''Vapour Trails'', and a collaborator (with [Ben Winch](/source/Ben_Winch)) on the spoken word [concept album](/source/concept_album) ''Brothers of the Head''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sawriters.org.au/our-authors/18-general/165-tim-sinclair |title=SA Writers' Centre |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-date=6 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306174201/http://sawriters.org.au/our-authors/18-general/165-tim-sinclair |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In addition to his creative work, Sinclair is active in [arts administration](/source/arts_administration), and has worked at [Poets House](/source/Poets_House), the [Australian Society of Authors](/source/Australian_Society_of_Authors) and the [South Australian Writers' Centre](/source/South_Australian_Writers'_Centre).<ref>[http://varuna.com.au/alumniweb/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=3#S Varuna, The Writers' House]</ref> He is the poetry editor of ''PAN Magazine''.<ref>[http://blog.batsmagazine.com/post/716730402/pan-magazine-launches Bats Magazine]</ref>

He has performed and taught regularly at schools and festivals.<ref>[http://www.nswwc.org.au/?page_id=700 NSW Writers' Centre]</ref><ref>[http://www.queenslandpoetryfestival.info/?page_id=1168 Queensland Poetry Festival]</ref><ref>[http://qwc.asn.au/WritersResources/Blog/EntryId/162/Derelict-typewriters-verse-poetry-and-young-writers-bootcamps-an-interview-with-Tim-Sinclair.aspx Queensland Writers Centre]</ref>

==Bibliography==
* ''Run'' (2013) {{ISBN|978-0-14-356768-4}}
* ''Re:reading the dictionary'' (2011) {{ISBN|978-0-9752077-2-7}} 
* ''Nine Hours North'' (2006) {{ISBN|0-14-300376-3}}
* ''Vapour Trails'' (2005) {{ISBN|0-9752077-0-9}}
* ''Brothers of the Head'' (2004) {{ISBN|0-9752077-1-7}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.timsinclair.org/ Tim Sinclair official website]
* [http://blogs.crikey.com.au/literaryminded/2011/09/01/read-just-now-re-reading-the-dictionary-by-tim-sinclair/ Crikey]
* [http://www.cordite.org.au/reviews/ali-alizadeh-reviews-ian-mcbryde-and-tim-sinclair Cordite Poetry Review]
* [http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=creator%3A%22Sinclair%2C+Tim%2C%2C+1972-%22 National Library of Australia]
* [http://panmagazine.com/ PAN Magazine]
* [http://redroomcompany.org/poet/tim-sinclair/ The Red Room Company]

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