Barry Divola


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

Birth and family

Divola was born in Sydney, the first son of Kevin Divola. He was educated at Newington College. He lives in Perth, Western Australia, with his wife and two young daughters.

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, magazine, where he presented Street Life and Hole in the wall. He is the music critic for Who, a senior writer for Rolling Stone and contributor to Madison, and Entertainment Weekly.

Books

Album reviews

Awards

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