Summary: Ly de Angeles, originally from Sydney, has been a resident of the Byron Shire since 1991. Educated at the Independent Theatre School of Drama in Sydney de Angeles initially taught theatre skills in schools in Sydney then the Central Highlands of Victoria while raising a young family. De Angeles won her first writing competition aged 11 and was first published in 1987. She writes both fiction and non-fiction and won the 2006 USA COVR Visionary Fiction Award for The Quickening, An Urban Legend, published in 2006. Currently in script development for Bakery Hill, a historically based feature-length drama, Ly has also had time to write, direct and co produce a short, black comedy called Wings. The Redemption of Joe Frame (2009), her first film, explored the fine line between mysticism and madness and a follow-up documentary called Nobody, is a no-holds-barred public discussion forum on suicide, mental health and the drug crisis affecting her community and many others like it. De Angeles (a mother of three adult children) has been an advocate for the arts in the Byron Shire, directing much of her work towards the artistic and underestimated youth of the region through the YAC. The aim of many of her stage and street productions and two of her films was to raise awareness of the needs of youth for creative and innovative thinking and activities ‘above the line’. Her theatrical credits are numerous and she has a number of screenplays in the works. Her books include: Tarot Theory and Practice, The Shining Isle, The Quickening, When I See the Wild God – Urban Celtic Witchcraft, The Feast of Flesh and Spirit , Genesis – Legend of Future Past, Witchcraft – Theory and Practice, The Way of Merlyn, The Way of the Goddess, and she was a contributing writer in the anthology: Pagan Visions for a Sustainable Future . Tonight she joins us to discuss her work and writing.
