Kirli Saunders
Author & Illustrator of Poetry
based in NSW
Kirli Saunders (OAM) is a proud Gunai Woman who rarely stays in her lane. She’s an award winning multidisciplinary artist, writer, singer-songwriter and consultant. Kirli creates, to connect, to make change. She was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her contribution to the arts (2022). Kirli has partnered with global organisations including Google, Fender, Sydney Opera House, Qantas and Spotify, Mecca and Aesop on visual art and writing projects.
Her award winning film collaboration, Cry of the Glossy (Grassland Films) has been screened around the world. Kirli created drone installations, Buungbaa Ma Ndhu and Shared Skies (Fremantle Biennale, Ngunuggula Gallery and Sā Biennale) and voice to art work TRACES (Google, Magabala, Sydney Opera House with Kamsani Bin Salleh).
She is the author of nine books including celebrated Bindi (Magabala 2019), Eclipse (JOAN press 2025), The Land Recalls You (Scholastic, 2024) and Afloat (Hardie Grant, 2024). You can also find her episodes of ABC’s Play School on demand. Kirli’s solo theatre show, Yandha Djanbay was staged for Merrigong’s main stage season and will tour nationally in 2027.
As a singer songwriter, she forms one half of Cooee alongside Mark Chester Harding and their debut album is Messengers (2026).
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