Sian Prior is a journalist, columnist, essayist and award-winning short story writer. Her fiction writing has been published in ‘Contemporary Soul’ (Visible Ink anthology 2005), ‘XXI Visible Inks’ (2009), ‘Tattle Tales’ (Visible Ink anthology 2006) and ‘Normal Service Will Resume’ (Cardigan Press 2004). Her essays have been published in Meanjin literary magazine. She teaches part-time in RMIT’s Professional Writing and Editing diploma and runs writing workshops for the Victorian Writers Centre and the Northern Rivers Writers Centre.
Here are some examples of Sian’s published writing:
Travel article about south west Western Australia, published in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald in May 2010.
In the Walkley Magazine’s online May 2010 edition (Media and Entertainment Alliance): a column about why it’s important to report on the arts in East Timor and in Australia.
Column about grappling with food intolerances, published in The National Times.
Review of David Carlin’s memoir ‘Our Father Who Wasn’t There’, published in The Age.
Opinion piece about how our communal anxiety about children is being expressed in Australian film and theatre, published in The Age.
Review of Opera Australia’s production of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ for The Age.
Essay about the Balibo Five, ‘Remembering Balibo’, published in Meanjin literary magazine in 2009.
Essay called ‘Shy Young Thing’, published in Meanjin literary magazine in 2009.
Essay about the value of platitudes, published in The Age.
SMH travel article about Australians working in the arts in Manhattan
The ritual of the indigenous Welcome to Country – column in The Age
The pleasures of working from home – column in the Sydney Morning Herald
Piha Beach in New Zealand – travel column in the Sydney Morning Herald
An essay on ‘sustainable activism’ – Insight section of The Age
Sick Bag – ‘bad travel’ column for The Age.
Profile of Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos Horta – The Age
Profile of Sister Michelle Reid, an Australian nun who worked for several years in East Timor’s notorious Becora jail – Eureka Street magazine
10 Days On The Island arts festival in Tasmania – The Age
A Capella Finds Its Voice – article in The Boite magazine
Theatre reviews – Sunday Age
Profile of Australian artist David Larwill
Profile of Melbourne comedian Rachel Berger
Sian Prior’s submission to the review of the ABC and SBS