| Author | David Malouf |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry collection |
| Publisher | University of Queensland Press |
| Publication date | 2007 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 85 pp |
| Awards | 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Poetry Collection – Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award, winner |
| ISBN | 9780702236310 |
Typewriter Music is a collection of poems by Australian poet David Malouf, published by University of Queensland Press in 2007.
The collection contains 48 poems. Several were originally published in literary magazines or poetry anthologies, with the bulk of the poems being published here for the first time.
It was the winner of the 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry.
Luke Davies, in The Age newspaper, called Malouf a "master craftsman" in his review of this collection. He continued "in its deceptive simplicity and innovative joinery, Malouf's latest poetry resembles nothing so much as Shaker furniture – sturdy, elegant, deeply functional, restful to the eye and mind – and radiant because of rather than despite that simplicity."
In Australian Book Review critic Peter Porter noted in his review of this collection that "The muses of poetry insist on their right to be scatological and irreverent, and Malouf has been happy to compose under their aegis."