| Skills and experience
My professional background includes social research, community development, training and education, Aboriginal health, social housing, youth work, project management, event management, community arts, social enterprises, and small business (bookshop owner, consultant and freelancer). Currently Studying Master in Creative Arts (Research). Working title: Unearthing Blak Magic: First Peoples’ assertion of agency and retelling of colonisation history through writing magic realism. Freelance writing Opinion pieces and articles published by SBS/NITV, Indigenous X, Meanjin, Al Jazeera, Guardian, and more Book reviews for Books+Publishing, Sydney Review of Books, Indigenous X and Meanjin Published works of fiction Short story For Their Own Good, Meanjin Spring Issue 2018 Debut novel When Rosa Came Home, 2013 In progress Querying manuscript Where the Fruit Falls Non-fiction children’s book Heroes, rebels and innovators: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who shaped Australia (working title) – Hachette, April 2020 Early draft manuscript Dingo Creek Literary Festival Appearances and Events Context: Winter Writing Festival, Adelaide, July 2019 Workshops and projects Judge for HarperCollins 2019 Commercial Fiction Fellowship for First Nations Writers Australia Council for the Arts peer assessor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers workshop, Mildura, for PEN Melbourne, June 2019 StoryWeaving Workshop (writing + basket weaving) for Writers SA, November 2018 Writers SA Writers & Readers in Residence Project, writer residency, and presenting workshops in the library, schools and art centre in Ceduna, September/October 2018 Storytelling workshops at schools on Tiwi Islands NT, with Indigenous Literacy Foundation, May 2017 Consultancy-based project work (inc social media) for First Nations Australian Writers Network, 2016 to present Advice/beta reading of books and online literary resources Writing workshops for Writers SA, 2014 and 2015 Awards and recognition SA Governor’s Leadership Foundation Fellow Short-listed 2019 Copyright Agency-Sydney Review of Books Emerging Critics Fellowship. Debut novel When Rosa Came Home short-listed for 2015 SA People’s Choice Award Manuscript Where the Fruit Falls: Membership |
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