Poet, comedian and mental health peer support worker, Kylie Tansley’s life experiences are poetically conveyed in this quirky and punchy poetry collection. The Light in Tomorrow shines a powerful ray of hope, sometimes tinged with humour, on the subject of bipolar mood disorder. The poems illuminate the healing power of the natural world, of love […]
My Brain Still Thinks from mindshare on Vimeo. I wrote and produced ‘My brain still thinks’ as part of the Pendulum book launch at the Mercury cinema in mental health week in October 2014. This film incorporated poetry from published poetry book Pendulum in an exquisite, moving and powerful way. It was my vision to […]
My project to write Pendulum began many years ago. I went to Flinders University and the Arts Tafe studying creative writing. I was unable to get a degree or a diploma as at that stage I was constantly getting mentally unwell. I managed to gain the skills I needed to become a writer and was […]
Kylie Harrison invites you to her book launches of poetry book Pendulum as part of mental health week which incorporates the stand-up comedy of Miss Communication from her show ‘Psychosis can be a funny thing’, short films such as My brain thinks and Brentwood she has written since 2007 and poetry reading at the Mercury cinema on 7th and 8th of October 2014. […]
Available for purchase via: To contact Ginninderra Press Stephen Matthews Ginninderra Press PO Box 3461 Port Adelaide 5015 W: www.ginninderrapress.com.au E: stephen@ginninderrapress.com.au The book will be available for sale on Ginninderra by the 29 of September 2014. Visit the Poetry Sales page on the Ginninderra web site by clicking here Or attend Kylie’s Book Launch at the Mercury Cinemas […]
This film was made as part of my comedy show that I performed last mental health week in 2012! My show was called “Psychosis can be a funny thing!” where I appeared as Miss Communication with my tongue in cheek perspective of life on the other side of the hospital ward, that of the patients […]
My show is not far away! The nerves are starting to kick in! I really hope this is going to be a laugh! Half my material has never been performed before! It’s exciting but scary! I’ve put three months of my time into it! I really hope it will be brilliant! Hope you will be […]
featuring the comedy of Miss Communication a part of Mental Health Week My name is Kylie Harrison and I am a community peer worker with Life Without Barriers. I am also a freelance writer and am currently working on a poetry book and an autobiography about my experiences with mental health. I also enjoy making […]
