Povo - The New Anthology from Sweatshop Western Sydney Literary Movement

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Povo is the latest anthology from Sweatshop.

Sweatshop is a literacy movement based in Western Sydney which is devoted to empowering culturally and linguistically diverse communities through reading, writing and critical thinking. Today's panel features:

Adam Novaldy Anderson

Adam is a mixed-race Australian-Indonesian writer and activist. Adam’s short stories and essays have appeared in various anthologies and publications. He is the editor of Povo (Sweatshop, 2024).

Natalia Figueroa Barroso

Natalia is a Uruguayan-Australian writer from Penrith. Natalia’s poem, “Anew”, was shortlisted for the 2015 Lane Cove Literary Award and her screenplay, “Roots”, was selected for a 2018 Breakthrough Emerging Screenwriter Development. Natalia was also longlisted for the 2021 SBS Emerging Writers Competition, which resulted in the collection Between Two Worlds (Hardie Grant Books, 2022). Natalia is currently working on her debut novel.

Katie Shammas

Katie is a Palestinian Australian writer. She has been published in Red Room Poetry and kindling & sage magazine.

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