ArunDitha is a poet, singer and spaceholder born in Singapore and based in Hāwea, Aotearoa. They have won poetry slams in Singapore, Germany, Australia and New Zealand, and each time has always been a pleasant surprise. Their work has been featured at things like the Barcelona International Poetry Festival, Q Berlin Questions, the Makassar International Writers Festival and TEDx Singapore.
They have been invited as a resident writer and performer in places like The Watermill Center in Long Island NY, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin and The Marpha Foundation Nepal, where they have developed multiple modalities in short fiction and one-person-shows. Under the name Deborah Emmanuel, they have written the books When I Giggle In My Sleep (2015), Rebel Rites (2016) and Genesis Visual Poetry Collection (2018).
When not writing or performing poetry, ArunDitha makes music with Mantravine and Kiat, teaches workshops, and supports creative/intuitive powerhouses around the world as an Expression Coach with their practice at www.be-your-self.love
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