George Haddad is a writer and artist practising on Gadigal land. His work explores masculinities and their tropes, bilingual identity and the limitations of language in communicating truths. His novella Populate and Perish was the recipient of the 2016 Viva La Novella prize and his short story Kátharsis was awarded the 2018 Neilma Sidney prize. Haddad’s work has been shown at ReadingRoom, Kudos and Metro Arts. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the Writing and Society Centre, Western Sydney University.