Category: Poetry and Writing
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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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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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Memoir through Poetry Workshop, 26 July 2020
I’m very excited to be running an upcoming online ZOOM poetry workshop through the wonderful Avid Reader. Book your place here. Join me online on Sunday 26 July from 1pm-4pm, as we explore using our memories as a springboard for writing poetry. This poetry workshop will include a talk about my experience of writing memoir…
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2019 Word for Word National Non-fiction Festival
The 2019 Word for Word National Non-Fiction Festival was directed by the wonderful Rochelle Smith and held at the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre from 15-17 November. I was invited to be on a poetry panel (Rhythm and Language) with poet Andy Jackson, and facilitator of the panel David McCooey. I travelled with Mum from…
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Launch and Upcoming Author Events
Thank you everyone who celebrated the launch of my poetry collection Amnesia Findings with me at the Queensland Poetry Festival. I could feel your beautiful support filling the Judith Wright Centre. I had a wonderful time and it was a very special day. You can watch the video art screening that premiered on the day…
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Anna’s Book Launch Details – Save the Date!
Dear family, friends and lovers of poetry,The book launch of my first full-length poetry collection Amnesia Findings (UQP, 2019) will be held on Saturday 24 August 2.30-3.30pm at the Judith Wright Centre during the Queensland Poetry Festival. My launch will be accompanied by a screening of my short poetry films. You can access the festival and launch…
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Poem in 2016 Short and Twisted Anthology, Celapene Press
Wilt My mother keeps flowers until they wilt. Late at night she picks out the drooping stems— she tells me her mother did the same. My father brings home a bunch for Rosh Hashanah. By the third week, only one remains. Two months pass and we check it’s not a plastic one thrown in by…
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Shortlist – 2016 Scribe Non Fiction Prize
Anna was excited to be shortlisted for the Scribe Non Fiction Prize for an extract of her memoir ‘How to Knit a Human’. You can read an interview with Anna at Express Media.