Chelsea is a PhD student at James Cook University, Townsville. Her research explores the intersection of true crime, life writing and feminist poetry. She was awarded the P.F Rowland Memorial Prize in 2023 for producing the most outstanding BA Honours thesis in English. Her current project poses biographical poetry as a nuanced writing tool for the re-mediation and re-vision of dominant narratives surrounding women victims and perpetrators of crime.  

This episode is in partnership with the Emerging Writers Festival 2025. 

Please note: this episode references violent crimes.