MARION
Hidden Nerve with Omar Musa
Term 2 / Session 5
6pm - 7:30pm, Wednesday 12 August
Omar Musa is an author, visual artist and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He has released one novel, four books of poetry (including Killernova), five hip-hop records, and an acclaimed one man play, Since Ali Died. His work has appeared in The Best Australian Stories and Best of Australian Poems.
His debut novel, Here Come the Dogs, was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award and the Miles Franklin Award. He was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Young Novelists of the Year in 2015.
Omar Musa won the Miles Franklin Literary Award in August 2026 for his latest novel, Fierceland.
He has had several solo exhibitions of his woodcuts, including his most recent collection All My Memories Are Mistranslations.