MIRANDA ABBOTT

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Hi, I’m Miranda, a writer and educator based in Bundjalung country/Northern NSW.

I recently completed a Bachelor of Creative Writing at RMIT. From 2024 to 2025, I was an intern with the Stella Prize. You can find my work in places like The Big Issue, Baby Teeth Journal, and Grattan Street Press’ 2025 anthology, Stranger Weather. I currently work at CERES, Brunswick as an environmental educator.

My mother was born in the mountainous small village of Santo Todaro in Calabria, Italy. Though I had never been there until the age of 20, my Nonna’s bedtime stories weaved a tapestry of inherited memory that has informed much of my writing. Growing up with a solely verbal language (Calabrese dialect) instilled a lifelong quest to translate the ineffable.

In my creative practice, I explore the slippery stuff: isolation, connection, and the things we don’t say (but maybe should). Place, and how it shapes our sense of belonging, is at the heart of this work. 

My favourite fruits are fichi d'India (prickly pear), cachi (persimmon), and fichi (figs).

You can contact me via: hello@mirandaabbott.com.au

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Book cover titled 'The Creative Act: A Way of Being' by Rick Rubin, featuring a large black circle with a smaller black dot inside on a light-colored background.
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