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Gregory Day

Gregory Day is a novelist, poet and musician from the west coast of Victoria, Australia. He lives on Wadawurrung country. 

Gregory is a winner of the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, the Nature Conservancy Australia Nature Writing Prize, and the Patrick White Award for his ongoing contribution to Australian literature. He has also twice been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, most recently in 2024 for The Bell of the World. His poetry collection, Southsightedness, was published in April 2025 by Transit Lounge.

Gregory’s two major solo albums, The Black Tower: Songs From The Poetry of WB Yeats and The Flash Road: Scenes From The Building of the Great Ocean Road can be listened to on most music streaming services.