Anisa Nandaula is a nationally recognised spoken word poet, playwright, educator and published author. She is the 2016 Queensland Poetry slam champion. In 2017 she published her first book, Melanin Garden, and won Queensland Poetry Festival’s XYZ Innovation in Spoken Word Prize. In 2018 she wrote, directed and starred in the play The Grass is Dead on the Other Side at the Brisbane Powerhouse. In 2019 she wrote and acted in the spoken word theatre show How to Spell Love that was showcased at the Judith Wright Centre. Anisa is also the co-founder of the arts collective Voices of Colour, which creates spaces for migrant, refugee and First Nations artists to share their work.