Thursday 10 May, 6pm
The Red Rattler Theatre
6 Faversham St
Marrickville NSW 2204

About the book:

In Flood Damages, Eunice Andrada explores the open wounds of colonial occupation, diaspora and inheritance. Through the figure of a young Filipina-Australian woman whose family has been irreparably damaged by deportation, violence and illness, events both political and personal are felt most keenly in and through the body – ‘your blood sings of the scattered histories/ that left you here’. A poet and performance artist, Andrada combines the passionate intensity of voice, image and rhythms of prayer to affirm the brown female body as a site of vulnerability and power.

Join Eunice Andrada for the launch of her debut poetry collection, Flood Damages.

The book will be launched by award-winning poet and fiction writer Michelle Cahill. There will also be special guest readings from:

Bhenji Ra • Sara Saleh • Zara Ahmed

Copies of Flood Damages will be available for sale at the event, along with book signings by the author.

Eunice Andrada is an award-winning poet and lyricist based in Sydney. She has performed her poetry on diverse international stages, from the Sydney Opera House to the United Nations Climate Negotiations in Paris. Her poems have appeared in Peril, Verity La, Voiceworks, and Deep Water Literary Review, amongst other publications. In 2014, she was awarded the John Marsden & Hachette Australia Poetry Prize; in 2016, she was honoured by Australian Poetry as the first of their 30 Under 30 Poets; and in March this year, she received the AP X NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship. In 2018, the Amundsen-Scott Station in the South Pole of Antarctica will feature her poetry in a special exhibition on climate change.