Memoir

‘I convinced myself that my body was not mine to keep. That it was something I was borrowing from the earth.’

Read a winner of the KYD Creative Non-Fiction Prize 2025!

My manuscript won a big prize and increased the pressure for literary success. But I had to put it—and me—out of its misery.

A tragic accident forced me to reckon with the father-shaped hole in my life.

Ma protect me. As I try to get back to you.

Like a stockwhip, Blak realities crack through the fictions of Australia’s colonial identity.

Is it possible to balance a creative life with a day job?

How off-brand Ozempic led me into a state of pharmacological nirvana.

In Melbourne’s queer dating scene, I face the pitfalls of trying to integrate all of one’s sexual connections into a cohesive social experience.

I learned the hard way that more needs to be done to prevent AFL head injuries.

My fashion writing is fuelled by a passion for ethical clothing but also a family legacy that has sustainability at its heart.

A chance encounter with a kangaroo draws me to the page.

Growing up, my Wiradjuri heritage lingered in the background, just out of reach. Writing my first novel helped me connect to my ancestors, culture and language.

Our friendship deepened in both the real world and the imagined worlds of our writing. Nearly five years after her death, I still find myself holding grief, hope and her only novel close.

In the winner of the KYD Creative Non-Fiction Prize 2023, life seems a blurred line of consequences.