Awards
1994 Commended, Human Rights Award
1993 FAW Anne Elder Award
Reviews
'Of Poems from the Madhouse: ‘This is disturbing but quite wonderful poetry because of its clarity, its humour, its imagery, and the insights it gives us into being human, being mad, being sane. I read and read – and was profoundly moved. I delighted in it as poetry, I was touched by its honesty, courage and vulnerability.’
–Anne Deveson
'Deborah Staines’ respect for and awareness of language’s dynamic possibilities bring inner and outer worlds attentively alive.’
–Fay Zwicky
'Of Now Millennium: ‘This book is really wild … there’s so much passion and commitment and she’s drunk with words.’
–Dorothy Hewett