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

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

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[:0-1] 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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