Vanessa Page is a Queensland poet who lives and works in Brisbane. She has published six collections of poetry including ‘Confessional Box’ (Walleah Press) which was the winner of the 2013 Anne Elder Award. Vanessa’s poetry has been widely published in Australian and international journals and anthologies. She has been twice runner-up in the Thomas Shapcott Arts Queensland Prize, and has won a number of prestigious awards including the Martha Richardson, Henry Kendall, Ipswich International and D’Amour Poetry Prizes. Her latest collection ‘Salt River: Poems from the Larapinta Trail’ (Calanthe Press) was launched in December 2024. Vanessa blogs at vanessapage.wordpress.com.