Whisper My Name to the Faeries

Ian David Roberts is a novelist and freelance writer. His most recent work, The Celestials, was The Age and Sydney Morning Herald Fiction Pick of the Week in November 2023. His essays, short stories, and articles have been published by Allen and Unwin, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, and Neo Kosmos. He co-wrote a weekly column for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald for nine years with advertising executive Harold Mitchell.

Ian is a member of the board of Bangarra Dance Theatre. Previously, Ian served as CEO of the Harold Mitchell Foundation, General Manager of the Melbourne Festival, General Manager of the Geelong Performing Arts Centre, and as Interim CEO of Arts Centre Melbourne in 2014.

Ian’s board appointments have included terms as Chair and Deputy Chair of the Annamila First Nations Foundation, Chair of the Victorian Australia Day Committee, Deputy Chair of the Melbourne International Film Festival, and as Deputy Chair of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Ian has also served as a Board Director of Arts Centre Melbourne (The Victorian Arts Centre Trust) and a member of the Major Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. He served as President of the Queenscliff Football and Netball Club.

He was formerly Chair of Playing Australia, the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, the Australian Performing Arts Centres Association, and the Victorian Association of Performing Arts Centres, and has held board positions with the Victorian Council for the Arts, The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Cultural Infusion, Australian Entertainment Industry Employers Association, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, and the Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board.

Ian has worked as an exhibiting photographer. His first solo exhibition, “Plottings,” was held in February 2006 at 45 Downstairs, Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

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