Cedar Whelan
The gifts that mean the most are not material objects. Knowledge. Encouragement. Sponsorship. Mentoring. Best of all friendship freely given. I pay them forward and discover another – a sense of personal worth, something to offer. To see another flourish I am all the more grateful.
Cedar Whelan is an emerging writer based in Newcastle. Her poems, short stories and prose weave personal experience of life with mental health challenges, poetic imagination, and a little magical thinking. Cedar has a passion for the healing powers of writing and opening dialogue about mental health. Having lived in Papua New Guinea and the Northern Territory has shaped a deep respect of Indigenous cultures and landscapes. Cedar has performed live readings at the Darwin Writer’s Festival, Newcastle Art Gallery and the 2020 Mad Pride concert among others and recently completed a residency with Lighthouse Arts Newcastle.
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