Cottonmouth Four: Nandi Chinna

Nandi Chinna is a Fremantle based writer and performer. Her poetry has been widely published in journals and anthologies and has been broadcast on RTRFM, 6PR  and Radio National. Her short stories 'Ralph' and 'Ink Stained Fingers' were performed in London as part of the web based installation 1001 nights, by performance artist Barbara Cambell. Nandi also works as an actor in theatre, and toured Ireland in 2007 with the show 'Three Women.' She co-ordinates VOICEBOX a monthly poetry and performance event at La Tropicana Cafe in Fremantle. WA. Her first collection of poetry 'Our Only Guide is Our homesickness' was published in the Five Islands Press New Poets publishing program in 2007. She is currently writing a Master of Arts in poetry at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia.