Photo: Leah Jing McIntosh

My name is Mia-Francesca Jones, and I am a writer, researcher and producer with experience working across a number of prominent arts organisations. I am currently undertaking a PhD in practice-led research in creative writing and ecocriticism. My work explores homesickness, climate change, motherhood and meteorology. You can read my full bio here.

What I’ve been up to recently:

Travelling to Iceland and Finland to present at the IABA World Conference and undertake a residency at Malakta Arts Factory

Travelling to the Antarctic Research Centre, Wellington to research an essay on melting glaciers

Working on this special issue of a/b: Auto/Biography Studies, ‘Lives, Selves, Media and #MeToo: Anticipating Futures, Tracing Histories and Articulating the Present’

Shortlisted for The Desperate Literature Prize, judged by Ottessa Moshfegh, Tiffany Tsao and Mariana Enriquez

Chairing this panel on grant funding for the National Writers’ Conference and Emerging Writers’ Festival

Talking Conflux on ABC Mornings

A nature writing workshop and audio walk, for ACMI’s Emporium Creative Hub