Noise

About the Book

Noise is a collection of short stories and poems set in the vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro in the southeast of Brazil. The suburbs chosen to be the setting for the stories and poems in this book have something significant about them that makes it right for the story. Not every suburb is displayed in the book—only the ones I have spent most of my childhood, my teenage years, and some years of my adulthood before migrating to Australia in 2008.

About the Author

Alessandra Raed is a Brazilian journalist, creative writer, actress, director and drama teacher. She lives in Australia with her daughter Isabella who was the inspiration for Alessandra’s kids book Naughty Nana first published in 2016 (1st ed). After Naughty Nana, Alessandra has published its sequel Naughty Nana and the old House around the corner in 2019 (1st ed). Noise – a collections of short stories and poems set in Rio de Janeiro is Alessandra’s third book also first published in 2019 (1st ed). In 2017, Alessandra completed Associate Degree of Creative Writing via Southern Cross University, Australia. She is on her way to completing Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education in 2021 with majors in Drama and English. Alessandra is the founder and director of Starlettes Dance Theatre Australia that offers drama classes, rehearsals, and stage productions in the Far North area of New South Wales. In creative writing, Alessandra won third prize in 2016 Fusion Poetry Competition at Australia Southern Cross University with her poem ‘Hummus and Herbs’ about family of immigrants, and won second prize with the same poem at Wilda Morris Poetry Challenge 2017. Her creative writing works have appeared on the American literary magazines, Anti-Heroin Chic, The Borfski Press, Basil O’Flaherty, Academy of the Heart and Mind, Tiny Spoon, Event Horizon and Comstock Review. In India, she has poems published on the OPA Anthology of Contemporary Women’s Poetry. In Australia, her works have appeared on Northerly Magazine. Some of her published works found online are under her previous married name Salisbury.