Helen Jarvis

Helen Jarvis lives in Williamstown, on Bunurong land, and teaches in Melbourne’s west. A committee member since 2022, she loves the diversity of writing the festival promotes, and the passionate reading community it fosters. Helen studied writing at RMIT, and has helped to organise and judge the writing prizes. Her first poetry collection, The Kindness of Water, was published in 2025 with 5 Islands Press.

Helen Jarvis is appearing in the following events:

Sunday 14th June

5:30PM Reflections: A Poetic Finale