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Barry Divola

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Barry Charles Divola is an Australian journalist, columnist and author.[1]

Birth and family

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Divola was born in Sydney, the first son of Kevin Divola. He was educated at Newington College.[2] He lives in Perth, Western Australia, with his wife and two young daughters.[3]

Writing career

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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.[4]

Bibliography

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Books

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  • Divola, Barry (1998). Fanclub : It's a fan's world – popstars just live in it. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
  • — (2004). Searching for Kingly Critter : A deliciously different tale of obsession and nostalgia. Sydney: ABC Books.
  • M is for Metal : The loudest alphabet book on earth (with Paul McNeil) – ABC Books, (Syd, 2006) ISBN 9780975683408
  • The Secret Life of Backpackers : A bunk's-eye view of the tourist trail from Bondi to Cairns – ABC Books, (Syd, 2008) ISBN 9780733320927[5]
  • Nineteen Seventysomething – Affirm Press, (2010) ISBN 9780980637854

Essays and reporting

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  • Divola, Barry (September 2014). "Living on the edge : bladesmith Karim Haddad teaches people how to make knives, but it's about much more than the sharp, pointy things". Smith Journal. 12: 64–68.

Album reviews

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Album title Artist Reviewed in
Kindred Passion Pit Divola, Barry (May 2015). "Passion Pit's ecstatic pop". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 90.
No Pier Pressure Brian Wilson Divola, Barry (May 2015). "The man who wasn't there". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 92.
Beat the Champ The Mountain Goats Divola, Barry (May 2015). "[Untitled review]". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 94.
Postcards from Paradise Ringo Starr Divola, Barry (May 2015). "[Untitled review]". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 97.
Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens Divola, Barry (May 2015). "Sufjan's quiet contemplation". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 98.

Awards

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He won the Banjo Paterson Award for short fiction in 2004, 2005 and 2006 for his stories Nipple, Cicada Boy and Nixon.[6]

References

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