Samia Goudie identifies as a Queer Bundjalung woman, whose family came from the lands of the Geynyan/Keinjan clan within what is now known as Githabal Country. (The White Swamp /Kilarney area Border Ranges Qld). She was adopted and grew up living on Ngunnawal country where she now lives. Samia is a member of Canberra based UsMob writers and FNAWN, First Nations Australian writers’ network.
She has had multi media /word /installations and exhibitions of visual art and poetry at various locations including the Wollongong gallery, M16 gallery Canberra, ‘new media’ Territoires’ lab of arts and media, University of Paris. Her multimedia /artwork has been is held in private collections nationally and internationally.
Samia has been publishing poetry and short stories more frequently over the last several years and has works published in the Southerly, IWP Iowa press, Wakefield press, Norton and Norton, 3CCmedia journal, Aiatsis Press. The Westerly and Denver Quarterly and First Nations Folio, Too deadly our voice, our way our business, (Us Mob writers anthology), Kurracca, Running waters press, Giant Steps 2019 and What we Carry 2020, Recent work press and Rutledge press and in Cordite and Mascara Literary journals.
She was highly commended for her submission to the Varuna writer’s Indigenous fellowship 2020 giving access and support to Varuna’s residential writing space in the Blue Mountains. She was also the runner up with the Boundless Indigenous writers Mentorships, 2021 supported by the NSW Writers center and Text publishers, which matched her with a mentor. Samia also undertook a residency through Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centers as part of the Creative Recovery and Resilience Program, ArtsACT. 2022. This resulted in finalizing a memoir.
Samia has also performed at a number of venues and festivals nationally and internationally as well as lecturing and giving key notes in her various roles in health and in the arts.