Helena Pastor
CREATIVE PRACTICE
Literature and Music
ARTIST STATEMENT
Helena Pastor is a regional writer living on Anaiwan Country in Armidale, NSW. Through memoir and fiction, she aims to encourage discussion around topics close to her heart including all stages of motherhood, the aftershocks of war, and growing up in an immigrant family. Her writing has attracted two Australian Society of Authors’ Mentorships, along with residencies at Varuna Writers’ House, Bundanon, Booranga and KSP Writers’ Centres, The Gunyah, and a 2021 Bush Retreat for Eco-Writers (BREW) Residency at Tamborine Mountain. She has also completed two postgraduate degrees on the transformative possibilities of Creative Nonfiction writing. Helena’s first book, Wild Boys: A Parent’s Story of Tough Love (UQP, 2015) is an intimate insight into reconnecting troubled teenagers with their families and communities. She is also a songwriter and lyricist, working in the narrative tradition of songwriting and collaborating with composer Christopher Purcell. They are currently recording their catalogue of songs for an Arts project called ‘Stories in Song’ (funded by Arts North West and Regional Arts NSW).
Listen to Helena Pastor online via Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/pastor_purcell
CONTACT
helenapastor2@gmail.com