WestWords/Varuna Fellowship 2020

Clockwise: myself, Nicole Cadelina, Libby Hyett and Samara Lo

Recently I was lucky enough to receive a WestWords/Varuna Fellowship to spend a week at the historic Varuna completing the first draft of NAT/JESSIE/JIMMY, a poetic music narrative with music by Paul Castles. NAT/JESSIE/JIMMY is a meditation on the overlap of experience between Asian, queer and Wiradjuri characters and was earlier shortlisted for programs at Playwriting Australia and ABC. I’m very much looking forward to getting my teeth into it with mentor Wai Chim and meeting the other fabulous residents—Nicole Cadelina (screenwriter), Samara Lo (middle grade novel) and Libby Hyett (young adult novel)!