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Indrani Perera is a poet, creator of The Poet's Express e-mail newsletter and a maker of useful things from Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). She is also the founder of Pocketry, the home of unheard voices where she publishes the Pocketry Almanack and hosts the Pocketry Presents podcast.

Indrani is the author of many books including two collections of poetry published by Ginninderra Press, Defenestration and pas de deux. Her handmade chapbooks (Wild Heart and Still:Books) and instant books (Some Thoughts On Writing a Poem For a Journal and Promote Your Poetry) can be bought in her shop.

Her poems have been published in Burrow, Cordite, Gems Zine, More Than Melanin, Not Very Quiet, Rochford Street Review, The Crow, The Victorian Writer and Teesta Review (India). She has also been anthologised by Geelong Writers Inc, Ginninderrra Press and WA Poets Inc.

Indrani was shortlisted for the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing: Open Poetry section and she was the winner of the Elyne Mitchell Writing Awards Bonus Non-Fiction prize.

In August 2020 Indrani ran an online workshop, Promoting Your Poetry, as part of the Melbourne Spoken Word Festival Online. She has featured at Girls On Key and Fresh Voices for Melbourne Spoken Word and been interviewed for 3CR's Spoken Word program.

Want more? Read Indrani's blog about writing and the creative process or find her on Instagram.