Vivian Pham is a Vietnamese novelist, essayist and poet from south-western Sydney. In high school she wrote a novel called The Coconut Children, which was published in March 2020 by Penguin Random House. In 2021, she won the Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist Award and the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year for her work. She has twice attended the International Congress of Youth Voices, a summit for young activists nominated by nonprofits around the world for their writing and engagement. She is currently perfecting writing the film and stage adaptations of The Coconut Children.
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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.
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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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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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Having taught most of her working life, Eila Jameson-Avey embraced her love of writing and research in her 50s—never too old to change your spots. Since then, she’s published a middle-grade thriller, Simon Goes to Spain (2019), and an adult thriller, Wellworth, which was published in July 2023. In 2021 she won the prestigious national Lane Cove Literary Award for memoir. Her love of education sent her back to school and she recently completed a Graduate Certificate in W&L. You can follow her antics at eilajamesonavey.com or on her Facebook page or on Instagram.
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Paris has worked in freelance copywriting, ghostwriting (for an advice column as well as a major TV network) and editing/proofreading (during her time as a Judge's Associate). Paris's passion is poetry; her niche is performance poetry. She has performed at various events, including the Sydney Fringe Festival and Ubud Readers & Writers Festival, and is delighted to take commissions, both for written and/or performance poetry. Paris has been a judge for writing competitions and enjoys teaching young people and adults about poetry, creative writing, public speaking and the art of performance poetry via workshops and/or private tuition. 
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Website: http://www.parisrosemont.com/