The guide to branded entertainment
Published August 2021.
As Senior Copywriter at Dear Storyteller, Mike Drysdale, GM, and I co-wrote this ebook on branded entertainment. The goal: to eradicate ad-thinking and replace it with content that exists to serve its audience. It’s time to take marketing budgets and turn them into entertainment.
So dark it turned red
Perth Poetry Club feature poet, March 2021.
As the feature poet for the Perth Poetry Club, I screened this still photography film that tells the story of healing and creative triumph. See more.
Photographer: Tyler Brown
VO artist: Ruby Maishman
Image by Tyler Brown
That time I thought ocpd told the truth
Published in the 2020 winter issue of Change Seven.
Their creative aesthetic is described as: “… writing that comes from experience, is well-crafted, lyrical, distinctive, and accessible. Language is important. Your submission should be a highly burnished object of artistry. We like work that takes risks, that is morally unflinching, not for the sake of spectacle but for some daunting and tender rendering of truth.”
With this, they’re holding up a mirror to my intentions as a writer. My story is an expression of this intention. Read story.
Image by Tyler Brown
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Top 15% of entries for 2020 First Pages Prize
I call this the long-long list: “We were impressed with the craft, originality and how much we were hooked by your writing.”
Image by Tyler Brown
That time I made yoghurt blankets and called it the habit
Published in the December, 2019 issue of The Nasiona.
“Can you find control within the luminosity of an eating disorder?
As blended ingredients cadence from her mouth, Cara holds on to The Habit like an anchor. For her, co-existing with bulimia pulses her between posturing and shame as she lives alongside the pulls of anxiety, OCPD, addiction, and a need for social belonging.” Read story.
Image by Tyler Brown
That time I thought ocpd told the truth
Long listed for the 2019 Fish Anthology short story prize.
“Exploring childhood OCPD and the early effects of addiction, this piece is still out for publication consideration. Watch this space.”