Trish Harris writes non-fiction and poetry. This year she is teaching non-fiction and editing on the Whitireia Creative Writing Programme. Her memoir, ‘The Walking Stick Tree’, includes four personal essays and her poetry collection, ‘My wide white bed’, comes from journals kept during a long hospital stay. ‘The Dance of Identity’ essay in her memoir explores the evolving experience of identifying as disabled. She is co-founder of Crip the Lit and edited their 2019 pocketbook, ‘Here we are, read us: Women, disability and writing’. She likes to say she is a part-time crane operator.

Verb Festival 2020 appearances:
2pm, Nov 7: Vulnerability, fluorescent islands and resilient teabags