Bundanon

As a prose writer, Heather’s second novel was shortlisted for the Readings Prize for New Fiction, and her essays have won the Island Nonfiction Prize and been shortlisted for the Calibre Essay Prize. Alongside five collections and one verse novel, her poetry has made it into a couple of the ‘Best of Australian Poetry’ yearly anthologies, as well as the Australian Feminist Poetry anthology. She’s the editor of Shaping the Fractured Self: Poetry of chronic illness and pain.

Working primarily a photographer, D-Mo’s art has been showcased around the world, including Europe, the US and Australia. Her works are held in various public and private collections, such as The Sydney Jewish Museum, The Regional Tweed Gallery, The National Library of Australia and the State Libraries of New South Wales and South Australia.

In Residence at Bundanon

In an effort to intrinsically connect our bodies to the land of the Wodi Wodi, D-Mo and I will follow a diet that aligns with those of its ancestors. While D-Mo photographs natural moments that respond to the theme of HUNGER, I will write about the process and address my body in its various stages of loss and connection, through poetry and essay. In withholding caffeine, sugar, preservatives and our basic staples of rice, pasta and the non-native and out-of-season fruits and vegetables, we will consider the deeply embedded relationship we have with our habits and comforts, and how they affect our bodies.