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What I Wish I Knew At 30:
Turning Trauma Into Purpose Through Creativity & Empowerment
Discover how filmmaker and charity CEO Donna Lyon transformed trauma, addiction, and adversity into a life of purpose, creativity, and empowerment. In this compelling episode host Fran Harper dives into Donna’s journey from “surviving” to “leading,” and how her organisation Left Write Hook helps survivors heal through storytelling, movement, and community.
The North Central Review
MACEDON Ranges Shire Council
Proud to support Respect Victoria and Safe + Equal by partnering with local organisations to deliver a range of activities for the United Nations 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence next month.
Mirage News
Macedon Ranges And 16 Days Of Activism
Council is proud to support Respect Victoria and Safe + Equal by partnering with local organisations to deliver a range of activities for the UN 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, running from 25 November to 10 December.
University of Melbourne
VCA filmmakers win award for Left Write Hook documentary
Dr Shannon Owen and A/Prof Donna Lyon from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) have been awarded the Distinguished Innovation in Creative Arts Award at the 2025 Deans and Directors of Creative Art (DDCA) Awards for their documentary Left Write Hook.
The Corowa Free Press
Benalla to host acclaimed Left Write Hook program.
An internationally acclaimed program offering a hands-on workshop for victim-survivors of family and sexual violence is headed to Benalla in 2026.
Left Write Hook:Trial protocol for a community-based type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster randomised controlled trial (…)
Left Write Hook: trial protocol for a community-based type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster randomised controlled trial of a boxing and writing-based intervention for adult survivors of child sexual abuse and gender-based violence in Australia
Molly Butler, Emma Veltman, Donna Lyon, et al. (2025).
Published in BMJ Open,15, e099536. 10 September 2025.
Institute of Community Directors Australia
Punching through the pain of abuse
Left Write Hook is a charity that uses a unique blend of journal writing and boxing training to support victim-survivors of childhood sexual abuse and gendered violence.
Australian Childhood Foundation
The film that brought a trauma conference to its feet
Kelly Royds, ED of Knowledge Mobilisation and Practice at the Australian Childhood Foundation, reflects on her experiences moderating a Left Write Hook Q&A Screening at the 2025 International Childhood Trauma Conference, encouraging sector professionals to watch the film in community.
Medical Forum Magazine
Throwing a left and a write hook
Medical Forum magazine speaks to Director Shannon Owen about the making of Left Write Hook.
Sunraysia Daily
Knocking out a left write hook
A one-off public screening of a documentary following the journey of eight survivors of childhood sexual abuse taking part in a trauma-recovery program will be held this month.
TV Tonight
Airdate: Left Write Hook
A groundbreaking program combines boxing and creative writing into an unexpected journey of healing for survivors of sexual abuse.
University of Melbourne
Left Write Hook now streaming on Netflix
Award-winning feature documentary Left Write Hook, directed by Dr Shannon Owen, is now streaming on Netflix Australia.
British Cinematographer
AIDC 2025 award winners announced
Read tje AIDC Awards jury statement regarding Left Write Hook, winner, Best Feature Doc Award 2025.
The Daily Telegraph
Brian Austin Green promotes Left Write Hook charity while in Sydney
Austin Green spoke to the Telegraph in support of the Left Write Hook charity initiative, which empowers survivors of child sexual abuse and trauma.
Ballarat Times
Powerful abuse survivor documentary to screen in Ballarat
Left Write Hook had its world premiere screening at last August’s Melbourne International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. A national cinema release followed in October.
The film follows eight female and gender-diverse survivors of childhood sexual abuse as they embark on a groundbreaking recovery program.