***Longlisted for the Poetry Book Awards (UK), 2024***
Sexually repressed, separated Greek Girl on a rampage. There’s no love here just f--ks. But is she f--king him or f--king herself? Initially a self-published zine, which sold out repeatedly, Love and F--k Poems became a revamped Deluxe Edition book, and went on to be an Australian poetry bestseller, also translated into Greek. Love and F--k Poems continues to shock, captivate and enthral with this special ten-year anniversary edition, which incorporates Koraly’s original zine drawings and one extra poem. A trailblazing story told through poetry of migrant culture, divorce, repression, dating, relationships, love, and the maddening scurry to find the sexual self. "I am so obsessed with Koraly. Her work is disarming, emotionally fearless and she sounds like nobody else alive. I will read her poetry forever." — Hera Lindsay Bird, bestselling poet, Pamper Me to Hell and Back “An emotional self-examination with a hand-mirror.” – AU Review “One of the brightest stars in the new poetry scene…A traditionalist’s nightmare…searingly honest explorations of life…” – Junkee “A voice that literally demands to be heard.” – Overland literary journal “Love and F--k Poems is raw, audacious and courageous. Bravo!” – Christos Tsiolkas, award-winning author, The Slap.
"Koraly Dimitriadis is a poet of the finest balance. She writes with the tenderness of a loving hand and a fist that smashes oppression," Tony Birch, bestselling author, White Girl, and Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature.
Koraly Dimitriadis is a writer, performer and bestselling, award-winning poet who creates film and theatre with her poetry. As the daughter of working-class migrants from postcolonial Cyprus, Koraly explores the human experience including political and feminist subjects such as single parenting, divorce, cultural/religious repression, violence against women and identity, with raw vulnerability, to shift narratives suppressing the marginalised. She is the author of the poetry books Love and Fk Poems (also translated into Greek), Shes Not Normal and Just Give Me The Pills, which won best book of Poetry (narrative) at American Book Fest 2024. Koraly is the author of the short story collection The Mother Must Die. Koraly has toured internationally with her poetry. Her recent poetry film, Yiayia mou (my grandmother), was a finalist for the Multicultural Film Festival and was streamed through SBS-on-demand. Koraly was the recipient of the UNESCO City of Literature residency. Her opinion articles and essays have been published widely across Australia with international publications in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Today show and Aljazeera.
***Longlisted for the Poetry Book Awards (UK), 2024****
“I am so obsessed with Koraly. Her work is disarming, emotionally fearless and she sounds like nobody else alive. I will read her poetry forever.” – Hera Lindsay Bird, international best-selling poet, Pamper Me to Hell and Back “Wow. Dimitriadis pulls no punches here. This is armed-missile poetry.” – Kate Holden, bestselling author, In my Skin “The kind of honesty that can only come about after being wound-up, held writhing, repressed and silenced” – Disclaimer Magazine (UK) “An emotional self-examination with a hand-mirror. Love and F--k Poems strips itself down, pulls you close, and explodes – both with you, and at you”– AU Review “I was hooked straight away.”– Daily Review “Relentlessly bold, unapologetic, and humorous at all the right times. If one can detect a new wave of Australian poetry on the rise, it’s due in no small part to the pioneering efforts of Koraly Dimitriadis.” - Ruby Hamad, author, White Tears, Brown Scars “One poem might punch you in the balls where another leaves you trying to collect shattered pieces from a foetal position in the corner…a voice that literally demands to be heard.”– Overland literary journal “Love and Fuck Poems is raw, audacious and courageous. Bravo!” – Christos Tsiolkas, bestselling author, The Slap. “Blood, Fire, Love & Passion; scramble! Direct hit.” – TT.O., award winning poet, 24 Hours “A gutsy, defiant firecracker of a chapbook which demands to be read angrily out loud after half a bottle of red…An unashamed poetic celebration of one woman’s liberation from the chains of marital convention, sexual repression, and cultural obligation.” – Maxine Beneba Clarke, award-winning author, The Hate Race”
* Book Launch, March 26th.
* Koraly Dimitriadis had a short poetry film Mediterranean Madness launched on SBS demand last week, which will be available for one year. She also had an article published in SBS Voices to launch this film, After my divorce it took years to go back to dating men from my culture. Both the film and article explore love and identity in an Australian context.
* https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/05/17/231055/puncher-wattmann-acquires-dimitriadiss-the-mother-must-die/
* https://www.smh.com.au/national/hang-on-a-sec-i-thought-sbs-was-meant-to-boost-diverse-voices-20230611-p5dfpq.html
* https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-16/my-ex-boyfriend-is-not-my-daughter-s-dad-but-we-are-a-family/103972846?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2bUymHzKlHQYJg-OzV5X9qbzNYwEvOgHWCthDQ_vhd_xMbScnni9y-HEQ_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw
* Koraly Dimitriadiss poem Yiayia mou (my grandmother) from my poetry book Just Give Me The Pills, which was turned into a film, and is currently streaming on SBS due to being a finalist for the Multicultural Film Festival last year, has been selected for further film festivals internationally. It was an official selection for the Setting Sun Film Festival and The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival and screened at cinema Nova two months ago, and it has just been selected for Cyprus international film festival and WRPM Womens International Film Festival in the USA (yet to be announced).
*Koraly Dimitriadiss Love and Fck Poems was long-listed for the Poetry Book Awards in the UK. Her poetry film, Yiayia mou (my grandmother), from her poetry book Just Give Me The Pills, received a bronze medal in screenwriting at WRPN.tv Women’s International Film Festival (USA) and was selected for screening at Monologues & Poetry International Film Fest in California. Koralys short story collection The Mother Must Die published in late 2024 was reviewed favourably in Arts Hub and The Greek Herald. Koraly has also recently had two articles published in the USA, one about parenting in Business Insider, and the other about the politics of Cyprus in the polis project.
"Koraly Dimitriadis is a poet of the finest balance. She writes with the tenderness of a loving hand and a fist that smashes oppression," Tony Birch, bestselling author, White Girl, and Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature.
