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Brianna "Bri" Lee
Born (1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 (age 32)
Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Writer, activist, and journalist
Known forLegal activism
Notable workEggshell Skull
Websitehttps://www.bri-lee.com/

Brianna "Bri" Lee (born 13 December 1991) is an Australian author,[1] journalist,[2] and activist,[3] known for her 2018 memoir Eggshell Skull.[4]

Career

Writing and journalism

Lee's early writing work included a short story published in Voiceworks,[5] while serving as the founder and editor of the (now defunct) feminist quarterly periodical Hot Chicks with Big Brains.[6] Hot Chicks with Big Brains ran from 2015-2018, spanning seven issues. It featured articles and interviews with diverse women and non-binary people, including Darug elder Aunty Jacinta Tobin, Isabella Manfredi, Mehreen Faruqi,[7] Ruby Tandoh,[8] and Clementine Ford.[9]

Lee's first book, the memoir Eggshell Skull was published by Allen and Unwin in early 2018. It describes Lee's experience as a complainant in the Australian court system for sexual abuse she was subjected to as a child, whilst simultaneously working as a Judge's Associate working on similar cases. The memoir was well received, winning several awards including the People's Choice Award at the 2019 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, and the Davitt Award.

In October 2019, Lee's essay Beauty was published by Allen and Unwin.[10] In the essay, Lee examines her struggles with disordered eating. It was praised for its dissection of corporate middle class culture.[11]

In 2020 Lee was appointed the Australian Copyright Agency's Writer-in-Residence at the University of Technology Sydney.[12]

Her book, Who Gets to Be Smart, was published in 2021 by Allen and Unwin.[13]

Advocacy and media

Together with Bond University’s Professor Jonathan Crowe,[14] Lee co-authored legal research and built ConsentLawQLD.com, a platform for the advocacy which led to the Queensland Attorney-General referring consent and the ‘mistake of fact,’ defence to the Law Reform Commission in 2019.[15] Lee has been featured in advertising campaigns for brands including Sportsgirl,[16] Mimco,[17] Camilla & Marc,[18] and Fashion Journal.[19] Her advocacy has been recognised with a shortlisting for Women’s Agenda Leadership awards[20] and a placement as one of 2019 Fin Review’s ‘women of influence’.[21]

In 2021, in partnership with the Women's Justice Network and GleeBooks, Lee launched 'Freadom Inside,' an initiative facilitating the provision of books to inmates in women's correctional facilities in New South Wales.[22]

Lee hosts the 'B List Bookclub;' a monthly bookclub featuring Australian and international authors, with the State Library of New South Wales.[23] Lee has made several appearances on the ABC program 'The Drum,'[24] as well as appearing on Radio National,[25] discussing issues such as law reform, and her written work.

Awards

Year Awards and fellowships
2016 Inaugural Kat Muscat Fellowship[26]
2017 Griffith Review Queensland Writer's Fellowship[27]
2018 Queensland Literary Awards - Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Award[28]
2019 Australian Financial Review - Women of Influence 2019[21]
2021 University of Queensland Alumni Award, for advocacy for survivors of sexual assault and for law reform[29]
Awards and listings for Eggshell Skull
Year Award received
2018 The Nib Award for Research and Writing - People's choice winner[30]
2019 Ned Kelly Award for True Crime Writing - winner[31]
Davitt Award for Best Debut Crime Book - winner[32]
Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Biography of the Year - winner[33]
Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Matt Richell New Writer Award - shortlisted[34]
Council for Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS) Book Prize - shortlisted[35]
The Stella Prize - longlisted[36]
Indie Book Awards - shortlisted[37]
People's Choice Award, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[38]
Awards and listings for Who Gets To Be Smart
Year Award received
2022 Indie Books Award for Nonfiction - shortlisted[39]

References

  1. ^ "Who Gets to Be Smart - Bri Lee - 9781760879808 - Allen & Unwin - Australia". www.allenandunwin.com. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Journalism + Other Writing". Bri Lee. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Consent law in Queensland". Consent law in Queensland. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. ^ Lee, Bri (2018). Eggshell Skull. Allen and Unwin.
  5. ^ Lee, Bri (Winter 2015). "Hunting with Robert". Voiceworks. 100: 57–59.
  6. ^ Lee, Bri. "Hot Chicks with Big Brains". Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Hot Chicks with Big Brains: Issue #4". Hot Chicks with Big Brains. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Hot Chicks with Big Brains: Issue #5". Hot Chicks with Big Brains. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Hot Chicks with Big Brains: Issue #6". Hot Chicks with Big Brains. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  10. ^ Lee, Bri (2019). Beauty. [S.l.]: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1760876524. OCLC 1111771887.
  11. ^ "A Review of 'Beauty' by Bri Lee". Westerly Magazine. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Bri Lee joins UTS as Copyright Agency's Writer-in-Residence". University of Technology Sydney. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  13. ^ Silcox, Beejay (10 June 2021). "Who Gets to Be Smart by Bri Lee review – gutsy but unfocused interrogation of academic privilege". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  14. ^ Wolfe, Natalie (10 July 2019). "The few seconds and hair touch that let a rapist go free". News.com. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  15. ^ D'Ath, Yvette (9 July 2019). "Palaszczuk government to refer consent laws to Queensland Law Reform Commission". The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  16. ^ apatelsus (28 January 2019). "MEET THAT GIRL: BRI LEE". Blog | Sportsgirl. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  17. ^ "UNITE - MEET BRI LEE". www.mimco.com.au. Retrieved 21 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "BRI LEE". CAMILLA AND MARC. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Queensland's sexual consent law is changing thanks to Bri Lee". Fashion Journal. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  20. ^ "Announcing the finalists of the 2019 Women's Agenda Leadership Awards". Women's Agenda. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  21. ^ a b "Bri Lee". Afrwomen of Influence. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  22. ^ "Women's Justice Network – Gleebooks.com.au". Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  23. ^ scheme=AGLSTERMS. AglsAgent; corporateName=State Library of New South Wales; address=Macquarie Street, Sydney (16 April 2020). "The B List Bookclub". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 21 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ The Drum: Tuesday 23rd of June, 23 June 2020, retrieved 21 February 2021
  25. ^ "Women and the Law". ABC Radio National. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  26. ^ "Announcing The 2016 Kat Muscat Fellow". Express Media. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  27. ^ "Fellowship winners announced". Griffith Review. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  28. ^ "2018 Queensland Literary Award winners show off local talent". Ministerial Media Statements. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  29. ^ "Meet our 2021 UQ Alumni Award winners, Bri Lee and Mikhara Ramsing". law.uq.edu.au. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  30. ^ "Winners announced today for the national 2018 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award - Waverley Council". www.waverley.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  31. ^ "Ned Kelly Awards 2019 Winner - Allen & Unwin - Australia". www.allenandunwin.com. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  32. ^ "The Davitt Award winners 2019". www.readings.com.au. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  33. ^ "Biography Book of the Year". ABIA. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  34. ^ "2019 ABIA Shortlist Announce". ABIA. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  35. ^ CHASS. "Media Releases | CHASS". Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  36. ^ "Announcing the Winner of the 2019 Stella Prize". The Stella Prize. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  37. ^ AusIndieBooks (4 December 2018). "Longlist Announced for the 2019 Indie Book Awards". indie-book-awards. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  38. ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  39. ^ "Indie Book Awards 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

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