A professional wordsmith, prolific creative, super solo mum and autistic woman, Megan J Riedl is an award-winning spoken word poet and feels out loud in a range of mediums including collage, zines, theatre and podcasting.
Combining the personal and political, Megan leads by example in standing up, showing up and speaking up, sharing the messy, human experiences that often go unspoken.
A powerful spoken word performer, Megan’s poetry fearlessly gives voice to the secret stories we tell ourselves. Megan’s playwriting explores themes of identity, belonging, truth and power, highlighting issues of social justice. A collaborative theatrical director, Megan creates beautiful worlds of stylised realism.
Megan lives on stolen Wadawurrung land in Ballarat, VIC, Australia, and acknowledges that sovereignty was never ceded.
Find Megan at her website.