Stormy Weather Anthology by Writers Victoria, published in October 2023. Liel’s poem Crash is a part of this anthology, which can be found here.
Spaced at Fuse Festival by The Waiting Room Arts Company. In September 2021 Liel created and performed work through Spaced. Spaced is a cry for solidarity between members of the disability community and those who identify as D/deaf. It gets deep and meaningful about psychosocial disabilities and physical impairments, tackling forbidden subjects like advocacy and curing disabilities. Two of Liel’s poems, Spark and Your Skin, appear here.
SANE Australia: in 2021 Liel has combined her passions and knowledge for both writing and mental health to write for SANE Australia, about:
- Disability, mental health and wellbeing
- How to identify and recognize perinatal anxiety
- How to talk with children about your mental health issues
We’ve Got This – Stories by Disabled Parents
In March 2022, a chapter of Liel’s writing will be published in this anthology by Black Inc. Books. This is the first major anthology by parents with disabilities, edited by Eliza Hull. Find out more and pre-order the book here.
[Image description: A book cove of We’ve Got This – Stories by disabled parents. The cover is blue with large yellow and orange three dimensional text reading WE’VE GOT THIS. Smaller yellow text reads STORIES BY DISABLED PARENTS and white text reads Edited by Eliza Hull.]
ABC Article: As a part of the ABC TOP 5 Arts residency, Liel wrote a piece about disability representation in Australian fiction. Find it here: ‘Publishing more fiction by Australian authors with disability is crucial for disabled people’s representation – and their wellbeing’
In 2022 Liel’s work was published in the Silver Linings anthology by Boroondara writers. You can find the poem Cries and the first chapter of Liel’s manuscript here.
Media
In November 2023 Liel spoke with ABC News about the need for disabled women to work in the health and social services in Australia. You can read the article here and listen to the TV news story here.
In April 2022 a radio package Liel created has been aired on The Book Show of the ABC. The package focussed on disability writing in fiction by disabled authors. Listen here (start at 24’20”).
In April 2022 Liel spoke on 3RC about writing disability parenting for We’ve Got This. Listen here.
In April 2023 Liel spoke with Jasper Peach on Able radio about her work as a Psychologist (Provisional) and anti-oppression work.
In November 2022 Liel was a guest on The I Can’t Stand Podcast. She spoke with Peta Hooke about disability, immigration, belonging & identity. Listen here.
As a part of 2022 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Liel participated in a Radical Access conversation, facilitated by Caroline Bowditch (CEO, Arts Access Victoria) and Carly Findlay (Access Advisor, Melbourne Fringe). Find the full conversation here.
In 2021 Liel spoke with 9 Honey about her experience of pregnancy and waiting for birth while navigating Covid restrictions.
