Dimitra Harvey was born in Sydney to a Greek mother and grew up on Wangal Country. She is the author of A FISTFUL OF HAIL Vagabond Press, 2018). Her writing has appeared in SBS Voices, Meanjin, Southerly, Cordite, and Mascara Literary Review, and anthologies such as Best Australian Poems. In 2021, she won Queensland Poetry's Val Vallis Award.
Newcastle Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the festival takes place, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend this respect to all First Nations people attending our festival.
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