Grant Applications with Melinda Smith
6pm - 7:30pm, Thursday 16 September 2021
About Melinda Smith
Melinda Smith is a poet, editor, teacher, arts advocate and event curator based in Canberra. She is the author of seven poetry collections, including the 2014 Prime Minister’s Literary Award-winner Drag down to unlock or place an emergency call. She frequently collaborates with artists in other disciplines including dancers, musicians and visual artists, and is also a former poetry editor of The Canberra Times. Her latest books are Goodbye, Cruel (Pitt Street Poetry, 2017) and the chapbook Listen, bitch with artist Caren Florance (Recent Work Press, 2019). Man-handled is forthcoming from Recent Work Press in September 2020.
Melinda is also an Australia Council Literature Peer.
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