Speaker Type: Mental Health

Justin Heazlewood

Author, Entertainer, Inspirational Speaker, Mental Health, Speaking Out, Storyteller/Performer, Wellbeing

Justin Heazlewood has written four books including Dream Burnie which was released in 2025. He publishes a gazette called Fuzzy Logic and also writes a monthly column for Canberra street press BMA. He spent fifteen years performing music and comedy as The Bedroom Philosopher and twice had songs feature in the Hottest 100.

Justin is the author of Get Up Mum about living with a Mum with schizophrenia, published by Affirm Press in 2018. In 2019 he adapted the book into a ten part radio series for ABC RN’s Life Matters. In 2022 he adapted the book into a one-man theatre show which premiered at Hobart’s Theatre Royal.

In 2020 Justin gave a witness statement for the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. He is an ambassador for Satellite Foundation who support young people caring for a family member with a mental illness.

“Justin Heazlewood is nothing short of one of Australia’s most versatile and important storytellers. In his journalism and personal essays, Heazlewood demonstrates a remarkable capacity to not only make the reader laugh, but think critically about important issues often poorly discussed, such as mental illness, unemployment and the frailty of human relationships.”
– Benjamin Law.