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Michele Connolly is the multi-award-winning author of How to Be Elegant, Chic Minimalism, How to Be an Introvert in an Extrovert World, How to Be Thin in a World of Chocolate, A Chic Year, 10-Day Life Audit, and the Elegant Action Guides series. She writes personal essays on modern life—self-possession, boundaries, and the quiet art of knowing one's own mind—at The Chic Minimalist on Substack.
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Gabrielle Martinovich is a writer with a background in media, communications and creative writing. Her feature stories have appeared in publications including The Sydney Morning Herald, Sunday Life, MindFood and custom publications, and she is a contributing author to Facilitating with Stories: Ethics, Reflective Practice and Philosophies. Gabrielle has also worked as a university public communications educator. She writes at the nexus of environmental and social issues to amplify the voices of those less heard and she is committed to articulating complex ideas in ways that don’t require a PhD in a specialised field.
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Jacqx Melilli is an author, playwright, writing coach, and workshop presenter. She has a Master of Arts degree in Writing and Literature from Deakin University with specialisations in editing, creative non-fiction and fiction writing, publishing, scriptwriting, playwriting, and research. Jacqx worked in film, television, and theatre and taught drama. Her Australian plays won awards, were published individually and by Ready-Ed Publications as a series of educational books titled the Lights, Camera, Action drama series. She produced and directed two of her plays as short films. When The Glitter Fades, her historical Australian showbiz novel is available at jacqx.com
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Monikka Eliah is an Assyrian writer and visual artist from Fairfield. She has participated in NToP’s Page to Stage, Netflix and Co-curious’ On The Brightside Screenwriting Program and STC’s Rough Draft. Her work has been published in SBS Voices, KYD, Meanjin and The Saturday Paper. She has also published work in a number of anthologies. She received Southlands Breakthrough Award 2018, Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship 2020, Ausco Resilience Grant 2021, Wheeler Centre Next Chapter Award 2022 and was runner up in the SBS Emerging Writers Competition 2022. She has presented work at various festivals including SWF, NYF and SF.
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Amanda is a prize-winning flash fiction writer, judge, and host of the Top 10 podcast Not Quite Write. After winning Furious Fiction in 2021, she channelled her passion into creating and judging her own international 500-word flash fiction competition, the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction. With experience analysing thousands of stories, Amanda brings sharp insight and a practical understanding of what makes short fiction shine.  She is available for writing competition judging, dynamic and engaging workshop delivery, festival panel moderation, podcasting projects, interviews, and other creative collaborations.
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Hailey Trudgeon is an experienced non-fiction writer. Her areas of expertise are Early Childhood Development, Narrative Therapy, and Community Work with her work appearing in Journals such as the International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work. She also has experience in creating informational resources, newsletters, and other promotional material for Early Childhood Centres. She is currently undertaking studies in Media and Communications, building her skills in copywriting and ghost writing.
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Erin Vincent is the author of Fourteen Ways of Looking (Upswell AUS/Deep Vellum US/CB editions UK/Penguin Random House CA) and Grief Girl (Pan Macmillan AUS/Penguin Random House US) which was named a New York Public Library Best Book. Her work has appeared in Meanjin, The Guardian, Electric Literature, The Offing , and elsewhere. She holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Technology Sydney and is currently studying for a PhD in creative writing with a focus on fragmentary literature.
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Writer, social researcher, former publisher Maggie Hamilton gives frequent talks and lectures; is a media commentator and keen observer of trends. She’s held a number of senior roles in publishing and at the ABC, and is the former publisher of the Inspired Living imprint for Allen & Unwin publishers. Maggie's books have been published in over a dozen countries worldwide. Maggie’s passion is people, understanding why we do what we do, how we can create a better tomorrow.
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