We pay homage to Australia’s original storytellers who remind us that storytelling is about deep listening. We recognise Australia’s First Nations Peoples for their ongoing connection to storytelling, country, culture, and community. We also respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we’re all situated and recognise that it was never ceded.  

Ramon Loyola

Ramon Loyola co-edits the Discoursing Diaspora project of the creative arts online journal, Verity La. He is a Philippines-born writer of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and legal scholarly articles. His writing has appeared in various publications, including Cordite Poetry Review, Rambutan Literary, Gargouille, Pink Cover Zine, Husk, Pencilled In, Verity La, Tincture Journal, Peril Magazine, Blank Rune Press, In Short Publishing, Indolent Books’ HIV Here & Now project, VerseWrights, Bluepepper, Australian Latino Press, Paper Lens, Hot Cross Haiku, and in a number of Blank Rune Press anthologies. His latest poetry collection, The Measure of Skin, is part of Vagabond Press’ deciBels chapbook series published in 2018. He lives in Sydney.