Melissa is a writer, editor, proofreader and English teacher. She has Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Deakin University, a Bachelor of Education (Primary and Early Childhood), and post graduate degrees in editing, publishing and psychological science. Melissa has an unwavering passion for the written word and a profound love of storytelling.
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Jonathan Cant is a Sydney-based writer, poet, and musician. He won the 2023 Banjo Paterson Writing Awards for Contemporary Poetry, was Longlisted for the 2023 Fish Poetry Prize and the 2022 Flying Islands Poetry Manuscript Prize, and Commended in the W. B. Yeats Poetry Prize. Jonathan’s poems have appeared in Cordite, Live Encounters, and Otoliths. His short stories have featured in publications as diverse as Playboy to Australia’s leading flyfishing magazine, FlyLife. Over the past two decades, Jonathan has also worked as a copywriter in the advertising and not-for-profit sectors; and is available for work on a freelance/project basis.
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Alice is a former lawyer and an experienced professional writer and editor who specialises in the legal publication area. As a fast and accurate writer, over the past 10 years, she has also written copy for sales and marketing teams. She has a deep interest and understanding of women’s issues in getting older and wrote Every Woman’s Guide to Retirement to meet the need for a comprehensive and practical guide to managing post-retirement challenges. Consequently, Alice has given many talks to community groups about retirement and elder law. In her spare time, Alice writes short stories which occasionally get published. 
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Website: https://www.manteladvisory.com.au/

Keith is a speculative fiction writer, editor and publisher. His short fiction has appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Aurealis Magazine, Oceans of the Mind and Agog! Fantastic Fiction. His novels include Horizon, an SF thriller, and The Lenticular Series space opera trilogy. He was editor of Aurealis Magazine from 2001 to 2004 and publisher with Australian independent press Coeur de Lion Publishing from 2006 onwards. He also hosted the Terra Incognita Speculative Fiction (TISF) Podcast and edited and produced Dimension6 speculative fiction electronic magazine. His book reviews have appeared in Aurealis Magazine and the Newtown Review of Books.
Website: https://www.keithstevenson.com/

Hayley Lawrence is a critically-acclaimed author and lawyer living on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales with her husband and five half-wild daughters. Haunted by her experiences as a lawyer and mother, Hayley’s young adult novels explore complex themes in accessible ways. Hayley’s debut novel, Inside the Tiger, shortlisted for the Vogel Literary Prize, was published in 2018. Subsequent critically acclaimed novels include Ruby Tuesday, Skin Deep and Children's Book Council of Australia Honour Book (2023) The Other Side of Tomorrow. What They Told Me, published in 2024, will be Hayley’s fifth novel. 
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Katrina McKelvey is a children’s author, former primary school teacher and mother living in Newcastle, NSW. She’s highly involved in CBCA, SCBWI, Littlescribe, community events, literary conferences and festivals, and loves visiting schools. She’s written many children's picture books and educational readers including her new titles, My Heart (March, 2024) and three Healthy Harold Big Books for the newly released Life Education Australia Early Years program. Katrina is left-handed, loves tea, scary movies and rollercoasters, and is addicted to mint chocolate. When she was little, a hot air balloon accidentally landed in her backyard.
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Website: http://www.katrinamckelvey.com/

Adrian is a queer non-binary Lebanese-Australian writer and editor from Western Sydney. Their work centres on spirituality, desire, love, grief, and understanding. They have performed their poetry for Bankstown Poetry Slam, Queerstories, Eulogy for the Dyke Bar and Cement Fondu. Their work has been published with Hardie Grant Books, SBS, Aniko Press and Diversity Arts Australia. They were shortlisted for the 2022 SBS Emerging Writers Competition and the 2021 Sydney Opera House Antidote Mentorship for Diverse Emerging Writers. Adrian edited the anthology Stories Out West, which centres LGBTIQ+ First Nations and CALD writers with a connection to Western Sydney.
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Maria P Frino is an author, editor and copywriter. She writes short stories, novels and novellas. Her books are available on her website - www.mariapfrino.com. She is also a member of Sydney Authors Inked and helps to coordinate events at The Little Big House, Summer Hill. She is open to collaborating with other authors and artists.
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Clare Fletcher is the author of romantic comedies Love Match (2023) and Five Bush Weddings (2022), both published by Penguin Random House. Clare's short stories have been prize-winners in the Scarlet Stiletto, the Best Australian Yarn and Roly Sussex Short Story Competition, and published in The Big Issue and The West Australian. Clare also co-hosts That Rom Com Pod with fellow author Karina May, and works part-time in communications for the Walkley Foundation for Journalism.
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