Woven

Anne-Marie Te Whiu is an Australian-born Māori belonging to the Te Rarawa iwi in Aotearoa NZ. She is a poet, editor, cultural producer and weaver. She was a 2021 Next Chapter Fellowship recipient, and her writing has been published broadly. Most recently she edited Woven (Magabala Books, 2024). This year she has been awarded the Varuna Residential Fellowship Writers and a Bundanon Artist Residency.  
Anne-Marie’s forthcoming debut poetry collection titled Mettle will be published by University of Queensland Press.

Samuel Watson is a poet and raconteur based in Brisbane. He was honoured with the Patrick White Award in 2018. Samuel is proud to be a University of Queensland Press Writer.

Sigbjørn Skåden (b. 1976) comes from the Sámi village of Láŋtdievvá (Planterhaug) in Troms County, Northern Norway. He writes in both indigenous Sámi language and in Norwegian and made his debut in 2004 with the poetry collection Skuovvadeddjiid gonagas («The King Of Shoemakers»). Since then he’s published three novels, one children’s book and one more poetry collection, as well as having written numerous performative works for stage and collaborative art projects. Skåden has among other things been named young artist of the year by Riddu Riđđu Indigenous Festival, he’s been the prologue writer for the Arctic Arts Festival, one of the key speakers of the indigenous forum at the Medellin Poetry Festival and has been selected as a feature writer for the European poetry platform Versopolis. For his books he’s been nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literary Award, The Norwegian Broadcasting Listerners’ Award and has received the Havmann Award for best book by a North Norwegian writer. His latest book to date is the novel Fugl («Bird») from 2019.