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ABOUT

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Svetlana Sterlin writes prose, poetry, and screenplays in Brisbane, Australia. A swimming coach and former swimmer, her work draws inspiration from in and around the pool, including her debut poetry collection, If Movement Was a LanguageThe manuscript was the 2023 winner of the Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award and is available now through Vagabond Press. 

 

Find more of her words in IslandWesterlytakahēMeanjinCordite, and elsewhere.

 

Svetlana is also the founding editor of swim meet lit mag.

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