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Born and raised in Rubibi/Broome, Luisa Mitchell (Shaw) is a Whadjuk Nyungar and Australian writer, filmmaker and arts producer living in Boorloo/Perth. She has ties to Yued Country and is also of English, Irish and Swedish heritage. After combining her passions for story, art and social justice with a BA in International Relations and Screen Arts from Curtin University, she co-founded the youth journal Pulch Mag, The Uni Goonies Film Festival, and the Centre for Stories First Nations Writing Program with Ballardong editor Casey Mulder. Luisa's poetry and short stories have been published in Westerly, Liquid Amber Press, Sweatshop, Portside Review and more, and her short films have been screened in festivals worldwide. She currently facilitates story-telling projects with First Nations communities across Western Australia and is a committee member of PEN Perth, advocating for writers in prison, and freedom of expression.
'Mitchell's poems sing, they weep; they are seeds in the dry, and blooms in the winter. She has the capacity to occupy the wonder of the newborn and the acceptance of the elder. Hers is the rarest of gifts-the ability to hold history and hope in one hand.' Sisonke Msimang 'Mitchell's work is a rematriation, returning us back to the soil. Please plant this book in the ground, so our children can sit beneath it.' Dakota Feirer 'This passionate avowal of Country and justice for its peoples is also a deeply personal journey into community.' John Kinsella
