Gabrielle Journey Jones

Gabrielle Journey Jones is a poet, percussionist and event producer born on sovereign Gadigal Land, Sydney, Australia. She is from Māori and African bloodlines and has lived on the Far South Coast NSW, Djiringanj Country since 2018 with her family. Gabrielle has shared her poetry at local, national and international events for 30 years. She has four collections of poetry published by Ginninderra Press - Spoken Medicine (2017), Etymology of Courage (2021), The Purpose of Truth (2023) and Arrangements (2025).  Gabrielle launched her audiobook “20 Years of Spoken Word Poetry” at the 2026 Cobargo Folk Festival. She reads and performs 175 poems published in her four books. Gabrielle is inspired by creative communities which celebrate diversity, activism and inclusion. More information via https://linktr.ee/gabriellejourney.