Barry Divola

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

Birth and family

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

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

Books
  • 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
  • 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
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

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

References
  1. SMH – the passion behind the plastic
  2. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 52
  3. Barry Divola on how to manage freelance work and parenting Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  4. ABC Unleashed – Barry Divola
  5. National Library of Australia – Catalogue
  6. Your mother would be proud of you – Barry Divola Archived 11 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine


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