
Omar Musa

Omar Musa
Omar Musa is a Bornean-Australian author, rapper and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He has released four poetry books (including Killernova), four hip-hop records, and received a standing ovation at TEDx Sydney at the Sydney Opera House. His debut novel Here Come the Dogs was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award and Miles Franklin Award and he was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Young Novelists of the Year in 2015. His one-man play, Since Ali Died, won Best Cabaret Show at the Sydney Theatre Awards in 2018. He has had several solo exhibitions of his woodcut prints.
Omar Musa is published by Penguin Australia
Photo Credit: Quinn Ryder
Upcoming Events

October 28, 2020
at 8:30pm
TIFA Event
Kapow! When Poetry Comets Collide
Omar Musa, Hollie McNish, and Dominic Hoey
October 28, 2020 at 8:30pm

September 22, 2022
at 7:30pm
TIFA Event
Kapow! With Irvine Welsh
Michael Pedersen, Hollie McNish, Omar Musa, Dominic Hoey, Irvine Welsh, and Amoya Reé
September 22, 2022 at 7:30pm

September 23, 2022
at 5:30pm
TIFA Event
Poetry From Artwork with Omar Musa
Omar Musa
September 23, 2022 at 5:30pm

September 24, 2022
at 11am
Conversation
Colonial Interrogations Through Art: Omar Musa & Matthew James Weigel
Omar Musa, Matthew James Weigel, and Jennifer Alicia Murrin
September 24, 2022 at 11am

September 24, 2022
at 11am
Conversation
Colonial Interrogations Through Art: Omar Musa & Matthew James Weigel
Omar Musa, Matthew James Weigel, and Jennifer Alicia Murrin
September 24, 2022 at 11am

September 23, 2022
at 5:30pm
TIFA Event
Poetry From Artwork with Omar Musa
Omar Musa
September 23, 2022 at 5:30pm

September 22, 2022
at 7:30pm
TIFA Event
Kapow! With Irvine Welsh
Michael Pedersen, Hollie McNish, Omar Musa, Dominic Hoey, Irvine Welsh, and Amoya Reé
September 22, 2022 at 7:30pm

October 28, 2020
at 8:30pm
TIFA Event
Kapow! When Poetry Comets Collide
Omar Musa, Hollie McNish, and Dominic Hoey
October 28, 2020 at 8:30pm