Amanda Anastasi
Amanda Anastasi is a Melbourne poet and event convener. Her work has been published locally and internationally, including in Best of Australian Poems 2025, Best Australian Science Writing, Griffith Review and The Massachusetts Review. Amanda is the author of Taking Apart the Bird Trap (Recent Work Press, 2024) and The Inheritors (Black Pepper, 2021). Amanda was Poet in Residence for three years at the Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub. She is a Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellow and a two-time recipient of the Willy Lit Fest’s Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize. Amanda is the convener of La Mama Poetica at La Mama Theatre and Co-Founder and Committee Member of the Sonic Poetry Festival.
Amanda Anastasi is appearing in the following events:
Sunday 14th June
11:30AM Reflections: A poetic Finale