Mary Chydiriotis""Mary lives in Melbourne, in Boon Wurrung country. She is of Greek heritage, her parents arriving in Australia during the post war migration boom. She was born and grew up in inner city Richmond. Mary is passionate about social justice and has worke in the community sector for 30 years. She has travelled to Greece on many occasions and lived there briefly in the 90's. Her poems have been published in local and international anthologies and journals . In 2019, a selection of Mary's poems featured in 'Poetry of the Sun and the Sea: from Homer to Slam poetry' a Greek Studies course at La Trobe University. Loud and Red, her first collection of poetry was published by Ginninderra Press, in 2020. A collaborative collection with poets Laura Brinson and Vasilka Pateros, 'Thread' was published in 2021. Mary also loves books and dogs, coffee, hats, and the artist forever known as Prinee "" Read More Read Less