She has published numerous collections since 'Snatch' was published in London in 1972. A new collection of her poetry 'Footnotes of a Hammock' was published by Five Islands Press in 2004, and was joint prize winner in the 2005 ACT Poetry Awards : the Judith Wright Award for a published collection by an Australian poet. Her work has been widely published in magazines, journals and anthologies and also produced for theatre and radio - most recently two of her monologues of obsession 'Bare Feet' and 'Ergo Sum', under the title 'Missionary Positions' on ABC Radio. Joanne Burns has taught creative writing for many years and is currently a recipient of an Australia Council New Work Grant in the Established Writer [Poetry] category.