Author: anna jacobson
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Endorsements for How to Knit a Human
I am so grateful to have received beautiful endorsements for my memoir How to Knit a Human, forthcoming in April 2024, with NewSouth. You can read these endorsements here. Come and join me by registering for my Brisbane crafternoon book launch on 7 April 2024 here. An accessible online launch with my video art and readings from How…
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Endorsements for Anxious in a Sweet Store
I am so grateful to have received beautiful endorsements for my second poetry collection Anxious in a Sweet Store, forthcoming in September 2023, with Upswell. You can read these endorsements (and also a pre-review) here.
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Red Room Poetry Fellowship Shortlist 2022
I feel honoured to be shortlisted for the Red Room Poetry Fellowship 2022, among so many poets I admire. Congratulations to: Shastra Deo, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Jessica Wilkinson, Jill Jones, Rozanna Lilley, Bonny Cassidy, Anne Casey, Heather Taylor Johnson and Audrey Molloy. Further details are over at Red Room Poetry here. My sincere thanks to the…
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Out from the Mist – Short Movie Winner
I feel honoured to win the Australia Asia Film Group Prize in the Out from the Mist Short Movie category. My work Setting Free Anxiety Like a Fistful of Birds can be viewed below and will be screened on AusAsia TV online. The Out from the Mist (Representations of Mental Health) exhibition at Superordinary in…
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Brisbane Portrait Prize Finalist
I’m proud to be a finalist in the Brisbane Portrait Prize with my self-portrait ‘Brews Song in Rivers’. You can check out the gallery of finalists and details of the exhibition, and vote in the people’s choice here.
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Art from the Margins Emerging Artist Exhibition 2021
Last year I won an Emerging Artist Award from Art from the Margins ‘Outsider Art Awards’. The result is an exhibition of my drawings from my poetry collection Amnesia Findings (2019, UQP), which are transformed into floating shadowy laser cuts, thanks to a collaboration with John Waldron. Come visit the AFTM Gallery to view the…
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2020 Spark Prize Shortlist
I was thrilled to be featured on the shortlist of the Spark Prize, for my memoir manuscript ‘How to Knit a Human’. ‘How to Knit a Human’ is a split-voice, non-linear memoir following my attempts to re-stitch my sense of self and memory. To read more about the winner and shortlisted entrants, visit here.
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2020 Queensland Writers Fellowship Recipient
I am honoured beyond words to receive a Queensland Writers Fellowship, to work on my next poetry collection ‘Anxious in a Sweet Store’. Huge congratulations to Sara El Sayed and Amanda Niehaus on receiving a 2020 Queensland Writers Fellowship too! You can view the finalists and winners of the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards here
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Winner of the 2020 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing: Open Creative Nonfiction Category
I am over the moon and beyond to have won the 2020 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing in the Open Creative Nonfiction Category. This was incredibly special for me as it means an extract from my memoir manuscript is now published in the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing Anthology 2020 for the first time. You…
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MoB’s Artists @ Home Residency – Week 5
‘Festive Meal’ is a video poem documenting my family’s home Passover meal, during the pandemic. This work contains over 170 individual line drawings! The Passover Seder includes the retelling of the story of the Jewish people’s escape to freedom from slavery, in a special order. The Passover Seder also includes a festive meal. This video poem…