Who is Tansy Bradshaw?
Hi, I am Tansy Bradshaw (they/them) and I’m a Melbourne/Naam-based writer, public speaker and comedy connoisseur. How did I get to where I am now?
Let’s rewind. As I went through school there was a need to find a vocation that I could do well without completely tiring myself out. As being disabled did make this a bit more complicated then usual.
In 2009 I took a short course in Narrative Comedy Writing at RMIT University that I found I had a flair for. This course led me to grain experience with public speaking both about my experiences as a disabled person and also writing and performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
The only thing that comes close to tickling my funny bone is to head down a research rabbit hole. This lead me to studying to be a library technician.
As COVID has changed the opportunities available, I have had to revaluate what I can do. Moving back to Melbourne I have come back to where I started my writing education. In 2023, I began studying an associate degree in professional writing and editing building upon my diploma. Knowing that writing nonfiction comes more naturally to me I focused on units around freelance writer, copywriting and creative nonfiction.
Currently I also publish on Medium and working on my historical nonfiction work based on the Crutchy Push.
Studies
Over the years Tansy has completed:
- Narrative Comedy Writing
- Diploma of Library and Information Systems
- Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing
- Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing
As well as writing; Tansy also enjoys, watching and listening to true crime shows, seeing stand-up comedy and reading.
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Tansy Bradshaw is a neurodivergent writer living and working in Melbourne.
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Tansy Bradshaw is a neurodivergent writer living and working in Melbourne/Naam land. With over 10 years of writing behind them, they hold an Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing from RMIT University. In the past they have written reviews, opinion pieces and feature articles.
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Tansy Bradshaw is a writer living and working in Melbourne/Naam land. In their decade plus of writing they have written reviews, opinion pieces and feature articles. Some subjects they discusses are disability, society, true crime and oddities of the world. They has a newsletter called Tea and True Crime and is working on her first nonfiction book around the Crutchy Push, a disabled push gang of Melbourne that were around in the 1900s. They hold an Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing from RMIT University and in 2025 they won the Creative Industries Student of the Year award.