Katia Ariel (she/her) is an award-winning author, book editor and educator from Melbourne/Naarm. She was born in Odessa, Ukraine. Her memoir, The Swift Dark Tide, shortlisted for the Stella Prize in 2024 and won the 2024 Society of Women Writers NSW Non-fiction Prize. Katia’s work has appeared in journals such as Womankind, Antithesis and Archer. Her second book, Ferryman: The Life and Deathwork of Ephraim Finch, is out with Wild Dingo Press in 2025.
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Katia Ariel
Emerging Across the Generations
What does it mean to be an “emerging” artist at the beginning of your career—and how does that definition evolve over time?
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