June Perkins works with many forms of artistic expression: writing, poetry, photography, digital storytelling, blogging, video documentary and education.
Her themes include: nature, environment, creativity, courage, cultural diversity, family, childhood, renewal, music, and the spaces she lives in. She is a freelance writer, moderator, tutor, community educator, blogger, and is now a tutor (mentoring Indigenous creative writing students at two universities.)
She spent nearly a decade living in Far North Queensland, and was mesmerised by its natural beauty, intrigued by its inhabitants and learnt some wisdom through its distinctive weather and people.
She has previously written many short non fiction pieces for ABC Open, and ABC Open’s award winning Aftermath project, and worked as an invited editor on 500 words. She has several poems for children coming out in an anthology early next year.
Most recently she produced the book, After Yasi: Finding the Smile Within (2013). She considers herself a hybrid author, working to both traditionally and independently publish. Her writing fosters a love of poetry, nature, and music for children and families. She has several other books in progress, including a couple of novels and some picture books.
June recently won an Australian Society of Authors Emerging Writing Mentorship to work on one of her picture book manuscripts. She has several other texts in development and looks forward to sharing them with potential publishers, and readers, one day soon.
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