Miranda Aitken

Miranda Aitken is a West Australian poet, musician and environmental arts activist who has written, spoken and sung her stories of life by the river.

Miranda grew up by the Warren River on Bibbulmun Country and lives in Margaret River. She performs as a solo artist, runs writing workshops, sings with her sister in their original band, The Moody Cows, and walks by the river.

People of the River is her second public art project; Seagrass Poems can be found etched in steel on the Busselton Jetty. With a BA Literature and Writing, Miranda’s writing has been published in numerous collections, and she has won and been highly commended for several poetry awards, including the Tom Collins Poetry Prize.