C.J. Strickland

C.J. Strickland’s writing story involves an MA in creative writing, screenwriting study (and produced feature film Cross Life), and performing standup in Sydney, Australia and Berlin, Germany. As a stand up, he’s had material broadcast on the national Austereo radio network and once got lucky when he MC’d for Chris Rock.

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While mostly retired from stand-up to focus on writing now, he's thankful for the opportunity these years of crowd-testing material have given him to develop comedy writing craft.

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A member of the The Australian Society of Authors and the Australian Writers' Guild, he’s found himself shortlisted for (among others) Screen NSW production funding and the AWG’s Monte Miller Awards (both for short film versions of his YA/Crossover work Dog Boy Freak and the Serious Fooling).

 

C.J. has taught English to everyone from Berlin high schoolers, Chinese kids, young adults from across the world, Aussie uni students and German executives. Passionate about social justice, he's currently an educator for a peak disability body - building on his prior mentor roles in CALD communities, alongside performance and writing.

 

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