A B O U T

SHORT BIO

Louise Omer is a feminist writer born on Kaurna Country with words published in The Guardian, The Australian, The Saturday Paper, and more. She has read at events in Edinburgh, Dublin, Catalonia, Melbourne and Adelaide, and her projects have been funded by Arts SA and the Irish Arts Council. She was a panellist at Emerging Writers' Festival, the Bali Emerging Writers Festival, and was a Hot Desk Fellow at The Wheeler Centre. Her first book, published by Scribe Publications, is Holy Woman: a divine adventure.

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LONG BIO

louise omer is a writer and artist born on Kaurna Country with journalism, criticism, stories and poems published in Australia, Ireland and the UK. publications include The Guardian, The Australian, The Saturday Paper, and more. her debut memoir, Holy Woman, is out with Scribe Publications in july 2022.

She has read at events in Edinburgh, Dublin, Catalonia, Melbourne and Adelaide, and her projects have been funded by Arts SA and the Irish Arts Council. She was a panellist at Emerging Writers' Festival, the Bali Emerging Writers Festival, and was a Hot Desk Fellow at The Wheeler Centre.

as an artist she has participated in residencies and group exhibitions in Spain, Bulgaria, and the UK. her mixed-media poetry zines have featured in Dublin Art Book Fair in 2020 and 2021, experimenting with collage and lino-printing.

she is currently exploring goddess worship as a way to heal and regain sovereignty, and will meet you at the intersection of shamanism, psychology, and magic.

louise is represented by literary agent Jane Novak.

PRIZES ETC

Arts Council Ireland Agility Award for the development of She, the Devourer poetry collection into theatre concept 2021

Arts Council Ireland Professional Development Award for the development of She, the Devourer poetry collection 2020

Arts SA grant for the editing of Holy Woman 2019

shortlisted for the Scribe Nonfiction Prize 2017

Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship 2017

panellist – Emerging Writers' Festival - Melbourne, Australia 2014, 2015

international Guest – Bali Emerging Writers' Festival - Ubud, Indonesia 2015

writer in residence – SA Writers' Centre - Adelaide, Australia 2015

APPEARANCES + READINGS

Melbourne Writers Festival - Naarm 2022

The Wheeler Centre - Naarm 2022

2M Review launch night - Ireland 2020

WomenXBorders, Irish Writers Centre - Dublin, Ireland 2020

Takin’ the Mic - Dublin, Ireland 2019

Exposició Collectiva - El Bruc, Spain 2019

Inky Fingers - Edinburgh, UK 2018

The Next Big Thing, The Wheeler Centre - Melbourne, Australia 2017