EARLY HISTORY
Born in Canterbury, Victoria 1921. Educated at Carrisbrooke Ladies College, later an annexe of Methodist Ladies College, Hawthorn.

Began writing as a schoolgirl; fairy stories in school magazine, also the Junior Argus newspaper. Later, book reviews in The Canberra Times for the Children's Book Council, writing and studying Haiku verse. Since becoming a member of the Fellowship Of Australian Writers, Far South Coast Region I have been writing and developing my poetry seriously..

AWARDS
Won three first prizes consecutively, and one previous second prize in the yearly literary competitions

PUBLICATIONS
Published in several small journals and newspapers

HIGHLIGHT OF CAREER TO DATE
First book of poetry, OUT OF DISTANT VOICES, published by Ginninderra Press 1998

FUTURE PLANS
More poetry - if I live long enough!

Books by Gwen Hutchings published by Ginninderra Press

Out of Distant Voices