Joe Bugden

Joe Bugden holds a BA from University of Sydney and a Master of Letters from UNE. He has written the libretti and composed the music for two chamber operas; ‘Death by Defenestration’, and ‘The Call of Aurora’, (based on the Antarctic explorer, Douglas Mawson). ‘Incidental Dreams from a Myoclonic Jerk’ which is published by Ginninderra Press is Joe’s first published collection of short stories. In July Joe was artist in residence through the La Baldi Foundation, in Montegiovi, Tuscany, working on the libretto for an opera based on the life of the Italian renaissance mathematician, Luca Pacioli.