Gemma Nisbet is a writer and academic from Western Australia, living and working on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Western Australia, and teaches Literary Studies and Creative Writing at universities. Her work has appeared in publications including Australian Book Review, Axon, Life Writing, Text, Westerly and The West Australian, and her first book, The Things We Live With: Essays on Uncertainty (Upswell, 2023), was shortlisted for the 2024 WA Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer.
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