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In a large, white-picket dream, a married mother selfishly cries. She has everything she ever wanted – a husband, a house, a business degree, a baby – she is at the pinnacle of the migrant dream. Perhaps she needs to return to her medication, the pills she stopped taking to become pregnant. She was taking them for six years. She wasn’t allowed to move out of home so she married at twenty-two. Now she is thirty, and it’s as if she is looking at her life for the very first time. She is starting to see things. The creativity she had kept buried inside all her life birthed out with her daughter, and now her words are taking on a life of their own. 

From the author of the Australian poetry bestseller, Love and F--k Poems, Just Give Me The Pills is yet another brilliant story told through poetry by Koraly Dimitriadis, and this special illustrated edition includes drawings by Koraly’s daughter. Exploring the challenges of leaving a marriage, divorce, co-parenting, single motherhood, Just Give Me The Pills is a story of a woman’s liberation from the chains of migrant culture and repression, and the terror or realising all the choices you’ve ever made are those you were expected to make, and you have no idea who you really are. It’s a story of being silenced, of reclaiming your voice, rebuilding, and finding one’s true self.

 

Koraly Dimitriadis is a Cypriot-Australian writer, performer and author of the poetry books Love and F**k Poems and Just Give Me The Pills. Her poems have been translated and published in Polish, Czech, Greek and Greek-Cypriot journals and anthologies, and she has had short stories, essays and poems published in Southerly, Etchings, Overland, Unusual Works, Social Alternatives, Meanjin, Solid Air (UQP), Resilience (Ultimo/Mascara), Foyer (UK), Harana (UK), F--k Poems (USA) and others. Koraly’s poetry films have been shortlisted for prizes, screened at festivals and televised. Koraly has performed internationally, including The Poetry Café (London) and The Bowery (New York). Koraly’s poetic theatre monologue “I say the wrong things all the time” premiered at La Mama in 2016. Koraly was an associate artist at Theatre Works in 2021. She performed as part of Outer Urban Projects’s theatre ensemble Poetic License for numerous years which included productions at Melbourne Writers Festival (Footscray Community Arts Centre) and 45 Downstairs. Koraly’s personal essays and opinion articles have been published widely across Australia in publications such as ABC, SBS, The Age and News.com.au, with international publications in The Independent (UK), Shondaland, The Guardian, The Washington Post and Al Jazeera. Koraly is a professional member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Koraly’s debut fiction manuscript, We Never Said Goodbye, was awarded the UNESCO City of Literature residency in Krakow. She was also awarded residencies at the Wheeler Centre, Chantilly, HOANI (Cyprus) and Moreland Council. Koraly holds a diploma in professional writing/editing (RMIT) and a double degree in accounting/computing (Monash). She has spoken on panels, run workshops, taught poetry at RMIT, and has been interviewed on television and radio including ABC’s The Conversation Hour with Jon Faine. www.koralydimitriadis.com

1. A story told through poetry, it explores cultural and religious repression through topical themes of marriage, divorce, single parenting and feminism.

2. The author is Melbourne based and has an established audience which continues to grow through her opinion writing in national publications and overseas (she’s been published in The Washington Post) and through her spoken word performances both nationally and internationally.

3. Praise for her poetry has come for international bestselling poets such as Hera Lindsay Bird.

4. The author creates films of her poems which she acts in and they are distributed through online platforms.

5. Her first poetry book, Love and F—k Poems, has sold well in Australia and has had foreign rights sold into Europe and has also been translated into Greek

6. The author has received numerous travel grants and residencies including the UNESCO residency in Krakow and The Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship.

 

With many women leaving marriages and the conversation around the challenges associated with this in the face of abuse, especially when co-parenting is involved, Just Give Me The Pills is gaining momentum and was recently in the top 20 womens poetry books category on Amazon Kindle. The title was shared in feminist Facebook group of three million members "Pantsuit Nation x Supermajority", sparking conversation on the silencing of single mothers by family law courts and their inability to share stories due to needing to protect their children. There has been a increase in sales direct from the publisher, with some also purchasing Koralys first book that explores sexual repression, Love and F--k Poems. Koraly also has un upcoming article to be published by The Guardian. 

Koraly Dimitriadis had a short poetry film Mediterranean Madness launched on SBS demand last week, which will be available for one year. She also had an article published in SBS Voices to launch this film, After my divorce it took years to go back to dating men from my culture. Both the film and article explore love and identity in an Australian context.  

https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/05/17/231055/puncher-wattmann-acquires-dimitriadiss-the-mother-must-die/
* https://www.smh.com.au/national/hang-on-a-sec-i-thought-sbs-was-meant-to-boost-diverse-voices-20230611-p5dfpq.html
* Koralys poetry film Yiayia mou (my grandmother) from her book Just Give Me The Pills, was a finalist at this years Multicultural Film Festival and will be available for viewing on SBS on demand for six months. Koralys poetry books and upcoming literary works in progress were featured in a Channel nine news profile - https://www.9news.com.au/national/not-till-youre-married-firstgeneration-australians-open-up-about-sexual-oppression-koraly-dimitriadis/dacbc2fc-8b26-4ce8-bec9-36e405378e1e?fbclid=IwAR0c1rB7vqrgYnnt5dtMwsNmFjzfzH-9qxJtolN9Y_OTytgb-AgK30KxJmo

* Koralys poetry film Yiayia mou (my grandmother) from her book Just Give Me The Pills, was a finalist at this years Multicultural Film Festival and will be available for viewing on SBS on demand for six months. Koralys poetry books and upcoming literary works in progress were featured in a Channel nine news profile - https://www.9news.com.au/national/not-till-youre-married-firstgeneration-australians-open-up-about-sexual-oppression-koraly-dimitriadis/dacbc2fc-8b26-4ce8-bec9-36e405378e1e?fbclid=IwAR0c1rB7vqrgYnnt5dtMwsNmFjzfzH-9qxJtolN9Y_OTytgb-AgK30KxJmo

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