Heidi Everett is a writer, multidimensional artist, independent producer, mental health and neurodivergent advocate based in Melbourne/on Wurundjeri Country. Heidi is founder and director of lived experience arts collectives Schizy Inc and Qualia Theatre. Heidi received the Victorian Government Disability Volunteer award, the Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council Human Rights award, and Qualia Theatre received the Melbourne FRINGE Access and Inclusion award. Heidi’s memoir My Friend Fox was published by Ultimo Press in 2021 revealing the experience of the public psychiatric system through the metaphor of a fox.
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This panel features writers who have lived experience of disability reflecting on writing today.
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In this conversation between father and daughter, the two writers discuss the intergenerational approach to their co-written book, The Shape of Dust.
Pitch It! Sessions
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