Gemma White

Gemma lives in Melbourne, Australia. She is a content writer, poet and songwriter.

In 2022, Gemma released Oh My Rapture, her second book with Interactive Press. Buy it here on Amazon. Here's what a reader had to say about it:

"In Oh My Rapture, Gemma White stages the politics of fandom in percussive, edgy and unforgettable poems. White performs intense moments of intimacy and yearning against a backdrop of grief, so that lines such as 'you dumped me in the psych ward', 'you kissed me in Dixons Recycled Music', and 'my madness is a burnt orange fox' become deep entanglements of desire. - Cassandra Atherton, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University.

In 2014, Gemma’s first book of poetry, Furniture is Disappearing, was published by Interactive Press. Buy it here on Amazon.

Australian poet Claire Gaskin described Gemma's poetry like this:

"These intelligent poems marry the reflective and sensory with a clarity that brings direct experience into sharp focus. They are about being fully awake to an emotional truth and make honesty an art from for a richer experience of being alive".

Gemma's written work has also been published in a range of Australian creative writing journals, anthologies and websites, including The Age, The Attitude of Cups, Award Winning Australian Writing 2011, Best Australian Poems 2013, foam:e, The Green Fuse, page seventeen, Regime Magazine, Unusual Work, Verity La, Visible Ink and Voiceworks.

Gemma was highly commended in the short story section of the 2018 Glen Eira City Council’s My Brother Jack Awards. In the same awards in 2017, she came second in the open poetry section. She was also highly commended by the 2015 Fellowship of Australian Writers (Vic) John Shaw Neilson Poetry Award.

From 2008 – 2015 she edited and produced poetry anthologies of other poets’ work, releasing Velveteen Zine, Velour and Sacred/Profane. Buy Sacred/Profane here on Amazon. For copies of all zines, contact Gemma directly via her website: gemmawhite.com.au

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