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.  

Devika Brendon

Devika Brendon is a teacher of English language and literature and an editor, reviewer and creative writer. Her poetry and short stories have been published in anthologies and literary journals in Australia, India, Sri Lanka and Italy. Devika’s work was awarded the Henry Lawson Memorial Prize for Poetry, and the Adrian Consett Stephen Memorial Prize for Prose, in 1989. She is Consultant Editor at FemAsia Magazine and an Editor of the literary journal, New Ceylon Writing.