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Jennifer May "Jen" Saunders (born 1962, Mittagong, New South Wales) is an Australian poet, painter and singer-musician. Her poetry has been published in two books, Translations (1999) and In a Night House (2002). In 2008, under the name, Venn, Saunders won an ABC Radio National Orpheus Remix Award for her musical composition, "There Aint but One Kind of Blues". In 2010, under the name vennsquidink, she released the electronica album 'nasty noises'. Saunders has contributed soundscapes to ABC Radio National, the Historic Houses Trust of NSW and Micro Galleries, Nowra. She has been exhibiting visual arts since the 1980s.

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Jennifer May Saunders was born in 1962 in the rural New South Wales town of Mittagong. She moved to Wagga Wagga in 1981 where she completed a Diploma in Applied Arts with a major in silversmithing. In 1984 she set up a jewellery-making workshop and exhibited at the Old Brewery Gallery in Wagga Wagga. Since 1987 Saunders has regularly exhibited paintings, drawings and collages in mixed shows in Sydney, Melbourne, the Southern Highlands and the Shoalhaven where she now lives.

In 1992, Saunders began performing her poetry at writer's nights in the Shoalhaven and Illawarra. She has performed poetry at festivals and events regularly since then. She established and produced the literary magazine "Squidink" in 2000 [1] [2]

In 1999, she published her first book of poetry Translations (Passionfruit Press, Broughton Creek, 1999) and in May 2002, launched In a Night House (PressPress, Berry, 2002). [3]

Saunders is also a songwriter/musician performing regularly in a variety of bands as well as solo. In 2008, under the name, Venn, Saunders won an Orpheus Remix Award for "There Aint but One Kind of Blues". [4] [5] In September 2009, her new work, "Hidden Beak Funeral Bird", was commissioned for and performed on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's radio programme New Music Up Late. [6]

In 2013, in alliance with Renew Australia and Stockland Nowra, Saunders set up the grass roots gallery space Squid Studio.

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  2. ↑ Jim Bennett (ed.). "Poetry Magazines Australia". The Poetry Kit. ISSN   1468-3075. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Saunders Archived 20 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine (PressPressite website) Accessed: 1 September 2008.
  4. ↑ "Orpheus Remix Awards". ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 19 March 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  5. ↑ Venn (2 January 2008). "orpheus83: 'There Aint but One Kind of Blues'". Australian Music. ABC Classic FM (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  6. ↑ Adams, Stephen (28 August 2009). "Australian Music on ABC Classic FM in September 2009". resonate. Australian Music Centre . Retrieved 6 December 2011.
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