Program Launch 2025

Coral Reeve is a proud Gunditjimara woman who has been writing for over 10 years and has been published in a few books. Often, she will be minding her own business and words will start flowing into her head (often while driving), which means that her son is an excellent speller now. Coral is also […]

Andrew Sutherland is a Queer Poz (PLHIV) writer and performance-maker currently based on the unceded lands of the Kulin nation. He has worked as performer, director, dramaturg, playwright, devised theatre-maker and mentor across the creation of dozens of new works in the independent sector in Western Australia and Singapore. He is a current PhD candidate […]

Bayley Turner is a Melbourne-based writer and performer. She has been praised for her as a playwright for ‘Thirty-Six’ co-written with Jo Clifford, and ‘Burlesque by Force’. She recently self-published a collection of poetry, ‘Ulysses’ and is due to self-publish her second collection ‘16,000km or so’ in mid 2025. Bayley has had her writing featured […]

Mohamed Sudi is a Somali refugee, poet, and calligrapher based in Melbourne. A finalist in the 2024 Australian Poetry Slam and member of the Calligraphy Society Victoria, he fuses spoken word with Arabic storytelling calligraphy to create powerful, visual poetry performances. Rooted in Somali oral traditions, his work explores migration, resilience, and identity > from […]