Mia Boonen
Mia Boonen is a writer, theatre maker, educator and performer currently studying at the Victorian College of the Arts. A founder of The Penny Mint, she engages the power of the matriarch in her work.
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Melbourne, Australia
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Mia's website
A Collection of Things I Have Already Said About This
Memoir
A Collection of Things I Have Already Said About This
"Kick up a fuss." November 14, 2019
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
2 min read
Smoke.
Poetry
Smoke.
I think we were his ghosts, Pulling up at the pub he never opened, While the car radio played the news. Smoke. It was just a pit stop along the highway - a
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
1 min read
The Penny Mint Podcast: 2020 is over
Podcast
The Penny Mint Podcast: 2020 is over
Jake magically summons an audio clip, Ella makes a film in the dark, and Mia re-announces something we're working on over the summer. Welcome to The Penny Mint Podcast: now with the gang back in a room together!
Jake Stevens
by Jake Stevens
1 min read
The Penny Mint Podcast: Wellbeing
Podcast
The Penny Mint Podcast: Wellbeing
Mia dispels the myth of the impoverished artist, Ella is busier than ever amidst a pandemic, and Jake tries his best to be profound in this episode of The Penny Mint Podcast.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
1 min read
This One's For Bill.
Memoir
This One's For Bill.
There is nothing like the bond that lives between kids and old people, and while I'm sure Bill would actively contest the idea that he ever reached "old age", the sentiment remains true. I couldn't put a name to it, but something special happens whenever memory and imagination meet.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
3 min read
The Penny Mint Podcast: Grateful
Podcast
The Penny Mint Podcast: Grateful
Jake, Ella and Mia are back! In this episode of The Penny Mint Podcast, the trio check in and discuss their recent foray into online events.
Jake Stevens
by Jake Stevens
1 min read
Anecdotes
Articles
Anecdotes
"You can hold two truths at once, Mia. Someone can be beautiful in your life and terrible in another's."
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
3 min read
Don't Be A Dumbass. Writing to the Hippocratic Oath
Articles
Don't Be A Dumbass. Writing to the Hippocratic Oath
After years of being told that women shouldn't be angry—that we shouldn't be loud and disgruntled and ugly in public—I've found myself like a kid banned from drawing on the walls: all the more willing to do it.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
5 min read
The Penny Mint Podcast: Arts and Current Events
Podcast
The Penny Mint Podcast: Arts and Current Events
Ella, Mia and Jake put on their journalism hats and analyse how current events have impacted the arts sector in Australia. They explore university funding changes, JobKeeper and the culture industry's wider value.
Ella Crowley
by Ella Crowley
1 min read
C.H.R.Y.S.A.L.I.S
Poetry
C.H.R.Y.S.A.L.I.S
All covered up in a brown nest I learned to call a “chrysalis” / And I could spell it too: C.H.R.Y.S.A.L.I.S. / And she told me that patience had power, That the caterpillar in the chrysalis would turn to goo and then into a butterfly. And all I had to do was wait.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
2 min read
The Penny Mint Podcast: Change
Podcast
The Penny Mint Podcast: Change
Mia, Ella and Jake are joined this month by Melissa Longo, a freelance writer and publisher of InkCloud, a blog championing positivity and creativity in the western suburbs of Melbourne
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
1 min read
Moving Into Home: Recipes for Moving Out
Recipes
Moving Into Home: Recipes for Moving Out
Moving out for the first time, it is easy to forget how much the notion of home and community revolves around food. Nor do you stop running long enough to pause and reflect on how quickly your diet has degraded to two minute noodles.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
2 min read
The Penny Mint Podcast: Going Live
Podcast
The Penny Mint Podcast: Going Live
Ella, Mia and Jake discuss the pros and cons of going live in isolation, highlight their TV guilty pleasures, and share some pieces first performed at Stay In, Speak Out, The Penny Mint's fortnightly Instagram live stream.
Ella Crowley
by Ella Crowley
1 min read
On Unions and the Working Class.
Articles
On Unions and the Working Class.
In my father’s household, Peter Lalor was the name of a saint. From it all, I’d learnt a valuable lesson: if the higher-ups won’t listen, make them.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
3 min read
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