In this edition of the Next Big Thing, glimpse works-in-progress from our first intake of 2018 Hot Desk Fellows – fresh from ten weeks of work on their projects inside the Wheeler Centre.
Featuring new writing from Amanda Anastasi, Ra Chapman, Triana Hernandez, Leah Jing McIntosh, Laura Jean McKay, Thuy On and Harry Reid.
Featuring
Amanda Anastasi is a Melbourne poet who has been published everywhere from the walls of Windsor’s Artists’ Lane to the Massachusetts Review in the US. Her debut poetry collection was 2012 and other poems and she recently co-authored The Silences (Eaglemont Press, 2016). Amanda was awarded th... Read more
Ra is an actress, theatre maker and writer. She has recently been selected for the 2018 Cinespace/Film Victoria StoryLab Program, and was a member of the 2017 Besen Writers Group at Malthouse Theatre. Ra was adopted from Busan, South Korea at age four and was reunited her birth father six years ago.... Read more
Triana Hernandez is a music journalist, music video director and artist manager (Various Asses, Hexdebt). Triana’s work consistently pushes for representation and opportunities for artists that challenge Australia’s white, straight and male-centric music industry. Her interviews with artists... Read more
Leah Jing McIntosh is the founding editor of Liminal magazine. As part of her work for Liminal, Leah has published books, created mentorships and fellowships, and established national literary prizes, seeking to create new spaces and opportunities for community. She has recently edited the essay col... Read more
Laura Jean McKay is the author of Holiday in Cambodia (Black Inc. 2013), shortlisted for three national book awards in Australia. Her work appears in Meanjin, Overland, Best Australian Stories, the Saturday Paper, and the North American Review. Laura is a lecturer in creative writing at Massey Unive... Read more
Thuy On is an editor, critic and poet who’s currently the Reviews Editor and writer for online publication ArtsHub. She has two collections of poetry published by UWAP: Turbulence (2020) and Decadence (2022).
Harry Reid is the author of Leave Me Alone (Cordite, 2022), the best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend (Puncher & Wattmann, 2020) and a co-director of Sick Leave.
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