A Palindrome Poem
palindrome (n.) – a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards. In late 2017, I decided to write what could be termed a ‘palindrome poem’. There […]
On Wednesdays We Wear…
What does pink mean to you? * * * Pink. Love it, hate it, debate it. These photos were taken by talented young local photographer Hannah Pengilly (you […]
Writing for Meanjin
New year, new writing – a quick update Towards the end of last year, I received an unexpected email from a friendly staff member at the Australian literary journal Meanjin. […]
Cicerone Journal + recapping
Better late than never! Image from Cicerone Journal‘s Issue 1 editorial – “It’s (a)live!” I’m writing this retrospectively, typing content into in a blank placeholder post I created in December […]
Attending the Undergraduate Awards 2018 Global Summit
In November 2018, I had the immense privilege of being flown to Dublin, Ireland for an academic conference: the Undergraduate Awards 2018 Global Summit. This was because a piece of […]
NVQ Issue 3 + What Now
I was recently invited along to read at the launch of the third issue of Not Very Quiet, a Canberra-based women’s poetry journal. Not Very Quiet is a very welcoming, […]
Writing for Overland
The personal is political Image: still from (the fantastic) Janelle Monae’s ‘Make Me Feel’ I recently wrote quite a personal piece. It is one of my strongest pieces of non-fiction […]
At the arboretum
Something different In August, I worked on an outdoor photoshoot with a local photographer. This was a throwback to my undergraduate days, during which my unusual height, conventionally marketable skin […]
Undergraduate Awards 2017
Comparing Sylvia Plath and Dorothy Hewett * In 2017, I wrote an essay titled ‘Performativity, Confession, and the Female Writer, as illuminated by the lives and works of Sylvia […]
Creating Cicerone
Some friends and I started a literary journal. Here’s why… “Creating a literary journal is both exciting and nerve-wracking.” So begins the introductory editorial of Cicerone Journal, a literary journal […]