Books
Song of the Shadow of a Seed (coming soon, 2026)
My debut poetry collection is coming soon from Fremantle Press in 2026. Stay tuned.
Rivers Flow: Reflections on the Songs of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter
Rivers Flow honours the profound musical and cultural legacy of Archie Roach – a Gunditjmara, Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung and Bundjalung man – and Ruby Hunter – a Ngarrindjeri, Kokatha and Pitjantjatjara woman.
‘Waardong Watching Over’ is a poem I have been honoured to contribute to this anthology.
at the bowling alley, on the train, by the port, to the writers’ group - all pointing to an island (not so far from here)
A poetic story in Love, a Sweatshop anthology (2025) edited by Shirley Le.
Writing & Editing
Awards, Residencies & Fellowships
Completed a CBCAWA Peppermint Grove Writing Retreat 2025 to develop a children’s picture book manuscript;
Shortlisted for the Richelle Prize for Emerging Writers 2023;
Highly Commended Poet & Best Emerging Poet Awards, Liquid Amber Press Home Anthology 2023;
ASAL / Copyright Agency Writer’s Fellowship 2023: I used this opportunity to highlight the amazing works of other First Nations writers. Read my #DeadlyWABookClub posts here.
Stories
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'Waardong Watching Over’ poem featured in ‘Rivers Flow: Reflections on the Songs of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter’ (Fremantle Press, 2025).
Buy the book: https://fremantlepress.com.au/books/rivers-flow-reflections-on-the-songs-of-archie-roach-and-ruby-hunter/
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A short speculative fiction piece published inn the Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (JASAL). Read here.
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A poem in response to the failure of the Voice, published in Portside Review 2023. Read here.
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Read my book review in Westerly Magazine here.
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Poem long-listed for the Liquid Amber Press Poetry Prize, to be published in late 2023.
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Poem published in community poetry anthology ‘Into the Wetlands’ by the Wetlands Centre Cockburn (Curated by Nandi Chinna).
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Poem published in Westerly 68.1 in 2023.
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A dark folklore fantasy adventure following two Nyungar-Bunuba kids who are swept up into a parallel Dreaming universe in order to save their beloved grandmother’s spirit and their ancestral lands from evil forces.
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Local Broome teen Milly dreams feels angry all the time. On a summer’s night, surrounded by both extreme wealth and extreme poverty, her and her friends go out looking for treasure - but only end up finding trouble.
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A story of lost innocence. A girl grows up hearing stories of bad men and bad uncles. As years pass, she learns the stories of her mother and what it means to be a woman.
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In 2018 and 2019, I wrote a series of articles for Grok Magazine that included film reviews, thought pieces, news reporting, Q&A style interviews, and more.
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A short story published in the anthology Kimberley Stories. It tells the story of a young Broome girl deciding whether she prefers the pindan streets of Broome, or the city lights of Perth.
Publishing
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Co-founder of Pulch Mag, a small independent online publication for Western Australian young people.
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ATHENA was a one-off student magazine published by women, for women. I was the Chief Editor and also wrote several articles for this publication.
