Sophia Cai is a curator and arts writer based in Narrm/Melbourne, Australia. She currently teaches at the Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne and Monash Art Design & Architecture, Monash University, while also maintaining an independent curating and writing practice. Ahead of her workshop Writing About Art, Sophia spoke with Marketing and Communications Officer Sarah Giles […]
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Gabriella Munoz, our Acting Membership Officer, sat down with our very own Program and Partnerships Manager, Anna Kate Blair, to talk about her debut novel, The Modern, and all things writing. Anna is a writer, arts worker and cultural historian from Aotearoa. Before starting at Writers Victoria in 2022, she worked at arts and educational
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Eugen Bacon is an African Australian author of several novels and fiction collections. Her work has won, been shortlisted or commended in numerous awards. Most recently, she was a 2022 World Fantasy Award finalist and was announced in the honour list of the 2022 Otherwise Fellowships for ‘doing exciting work in gender and speculative fiction’.
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Sally Fitts is interested in creative non-fiction and poetry. Her creative life so far has been as a visual artist, and you can see some of her work at sallyfitts.com. This is Sally’s first published work.
The following was published in the June – August 2021 edition of The Victorian Writer: Body Language. Lesh Karan is a Melbourne-based poet and writer. Recent publications include ‘Cordite’, ‘Australian Poetry Anthology’ and ‘Not Very Quiet’.
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The following was published in the June – August 2021 edition of The Victorian Writer: Body Language. Louise Baxter is an editor who writes poetry, plays, fiction and film. Her book, ‘Grief has teeth’, is out in July. She is an endometriosis advocate.
The following was published in the June – August 2021 edition of The Victorian Writer: Body Language. Ellen van Neerven is the author of ‘Throat’, published by UQP in 2020. This poem was originally published in that collection.
The following was published in the June – August 2021 edition of The Victorian Writer: Body Language. Sam Elkin is a writer living in Footscray (Naarm). His essays have been published in ‘Griffith Review’ and ‘Overland’.
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The following was published in the June – August 2021 edition of The Victorian Writer: Body Language. Fiona Murphy is a Deaf poet and essayist. Her memoir, ‘The Shape of Sound’, is out now through Text Publishing.
The following was published in the June – August 2021 edition of The Victorian Writer: Body Language. Kat Phyn is a poet/singer-songwriter/writer from Aotearoa NZ, who loves words and rhythm and writes about body-positivity and self-worth.
