Isabella Gullifer-Laurie 







Isabella is a writer and graduate researcher based in Melbourne.

She is an MA candidate in English at the University of Melbourne, where she is researching the work of Renata Adler, Joan Didion, and Elizabeth Hardwick.  

She has written on literature, art, and film for publications including The Sydney Review of Books, Chicago Review, Meanjin, and The Saturday Paper. Recently, she participated in the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival Critics Campus.

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Some recent writing:

Her Own Witness on Self-Portrait and Letters to Gwen John by Celia Paul for The Sydney Review of Books
The voyage out on Strangers at the Port by Lauren Aimee Curtis for Meanjin
The Position of Spoons
on Deborah Levy for The Saturday Paper
Cold Enough for Snow on Jessica Au for Chicago Review
In the Mirror on Monica Vitti and Alba Rohrwacher for Roughcut
The Empusium on Olga Tokarczuk for The Saturday Paper
Us and the Night on Audrey Lam for MIFF + Kill Your Darlings
Un rêve plus long que la nuit
on
Niki de Saint Phalle for MIFF

Into the hedges that line the walk on A Horse at Night by Amina Cain for Meanjin  
The Modern
on Anna Kate Blair for The Saturday Paper
The long and the short of it on Wall by Jen Craig for Overland
Contiguity on Theory of Colours by Bella Li for Meanjin

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To get in touch, email her at isabellagulliferlaurie@gmail.com!