I’m a writer.
My memoir, The Framing, is published by Melbourne University Press. It’s about childhood, truth and lies, and the justice system. The manuscript was shortlisted for the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer in 2023 and highly commended in the Next Chapter 2024.
My essay, ‘Children’s Rights Theory’, was shortlisted for the 2026 Calibre Essay Prize.
My work has appeared in a range of places, including The Guardian, Kill Your Darlings, Mascara Literary Review, Overland Literary Journal, Beyond Queer Words, Art Guide Australia, and Sydney Review of Books.
Short writing
Here are some of my new and favourite pieces.
Review
Fernanda Dahlstrom Reviews Plastic Budgie by Olivia de Zilva
Mascara Literary Review
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I grew up with a mother behind bars. But her innocence wasn’t the only lie I was sold.
The Guardian
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Pipelined Into Prison: Young Indigenous women are particularly overrepresented in Australian prisons
Kill Your Darlings
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Flash fiction
The Truth About Santa
Shortlisted for Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Award, 2016
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