Bio

Hi, I’m Rosanna. I like to transform research, esoteric fields and lived experience into compelling and engaging writing, interviews, performances, events, comedy and audio. I also believe a great researcher-writer is an improvisor and a willing novice. You can find some of my published writing, information about my creative work, and current projects on this site.

I’ve appeared at festivals around Australia, including Feminist Writers Festival, Melbourne Writers Festival, Adelaide Writers Week, Emerging Writers Festival, You Are Here, and was a regular guest on the ABC Canberra Happy Hour with Adam Shirley.

In my early 20s I founded a literary collective in my home city, to support new and young writers in the region. It was called Scissors Paper Pen. Since then, I’ve directed, produced and coordinated events with organisations including LAMBDA Liftest LA, Floriade, Noted Festival, Express Media, Emerging Writers Festival, the National Library of Australia, Women of Letters, and Australian National University. Events and platforms I produce with peers are unanimously driven by the knowledge that everyone has a right to be resourced, connected, and self-determined in your creative expression.

For fun I gig and do sessional work on cello, piano, and voice. I’ve previously toured with Julia and the Deep Sea Sirens and worked with The Blush Foundation, Happy Axe (National Live Music Awards 2017), and This Can’t End Well, which led to this quartet cover of Amazing Horse.

After graduating from a Doctor of Philosophy in writing and cultural studies from the Australian National University at the beginning of 2025, I’m driving a professional career that braids together academic and creative disciplines, working with extraordinary creatives, and working through an uncompromising support for Indigenous-led futures and land back.