New podcast Episode: Building an Indie Literary Life with Koraly Dimitriadis

I sit down with poet, filmmaker, and creative powerhouse Koraly Dimitriadis to talk about what it really takes to carve out an authentic writing life—one that answers to the work, not the establishment.
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We go deep on the uncomfortable truths of being a writer today:
✦ starting your own press to keep creative control
✦ questioning “literary merit” through a colonial lens
✦ navigating zines, bookshops, and real distribution
✦ negotiating rights (and real marketing budgets!)
✦ managing blacklisting, burnout, and boundaries
✦ redefining success beyond money or gatekeepers

This one’s for every writer who’s ever felt outside the system, trying to build something honest and lasting.

🎧 Listen now on Amra’s Armchair Anecdotes — wherever you get your podcasts.
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https://www.amrapajalic.com/podcast.html

About Koraly:
Koraly Dimitriadis is a Cypriot-Australian poet, filmmaker, freelance writer, and founder of Outside the Box Press. Her breakout collection Love and F–k Poems became a bestseller, translated into Greek, longlisted for the UK Poetry Book Awards, and in 2025 won Best Book of Narrative Poetry at the Legacy Book Awards. She followed it with Just Give Me the Pills and She’s Not Normal, cementing her reputation as one of Australia’s boldest poetic voices.
Koraly’s short-story collection The Mother Must Die was published by Puncher & Wattmann in 2024, and her opinion writing—over 160 pieces—has appeared in The Guardian, The Age, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, and more. As a filmmaker, her poetry films have screened on SBS On Demand, at the Sydney Opera House, and at international festivals, earning multiple awards including the Monologues and Poetry International Film Festival (USA).
A fearless creative who moves between page, stage, and screen, Koraly uses her art and small-business platform to challenge taboos, celebrate identity, and inspire women to speak their truth.