Raelee Chapman is a writer based in the Canberra area. Her short fiction has been published in Griffith Review, Overland, Southerly, Westerly, Mascara Literary Review, Singapore Love Stories and Best Australian Stories 2017. Her nonfiction work, interviews and reviews have appeared in several online and print publications in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. Since 2017, Raelee has run creative writing and editing workshops in women's shelters, prisons, and community organisations in Australia and Asia. In 2024, she completed a Master of Arts (Writing) at the University of New England.
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Christine is a poet and writer of Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry, who lives on Wangal land in Sydney. Her debut book is a book of poetry, Soft Side of Red, published in November 2023 by Gazebo Books. She has also published reviews and poetry in a range of journals, including Mascara Literary Review, and Kill Your Darlings. She is currently writing contemporary fiction novels. She is an involved and passionate supporter of Australian writers, is on the Writing NSW Board as a non executive director, and frequently attends a range of writers and readers festivals. 
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Jacqx Melilli is a playwright and author with French and Spanish heritage. Jacqx completed a Master of Arts degree in Writing and Literature from Deakin University where she studied creative writing, editing, publishing, scriptwriting and media text for children. Jacqx’s publications include When The Glitter Fades - an Australian historical fiction novel, the Lights, Camera, Action educational book series, one-act plays, Can Anybody Hear Me?; Foreigners in Oztralia; Little Red Meets the Dingo; Goldisocks and the Three Koalas; Lost Child, and Secrets That Define Us, a short story.
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Jodi is a writer and researcher with experience spanning across academic, non-fiction, and fictional writing. She is the author of Jessica Kingsley Publishers' Arriving Late (2024) - a collection of life stories from women with late autism diagnosis. She has also co-written chapters of a book through Springer and multiple academic papers. Jodi won the award for a children’s story with Voices From the Intersection and Allen & Unwin. She holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts, Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing, Master of Teaching (English & Music), PhD. and is currently studying an MA in Writing & Literature.
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Irveen Kaur is a writer specialising in YA fantasy, literary fiction and short stories. She is the founder of Novelly - a business that runs one-on-one sessions with emerging writers to help them develop their manuscripts. Irveen has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Creative Writing) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and has experience teaching creative writing to kids aged 11-14 for the past 2 years. Her in-person creative writing workshops are currently held at UTS, Ku-ring-gai Community Centre, and Nirimba Fields.
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Caroline is a novelist, writer, producer and mentor. She is the author of four internationally published historical fiction novels: Maggie's Kitchen (2016), Eleanor's Secret (2018), Finding Eadie (2020) and Esther's Children (May 2022). Her debut novel was shortlisted for Booktopia's Best Historical Fiction in 2016. She has worked in documentary, film and drama and discovered that she loves to write fiction and to share lesser-known histories. Caroline studied the craft of novel writing at the Faber Academy in Sydney, with Curtis Brown Creative in London, and has a MA in Film & Television and a MA in Creative Writing.
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Katherine is the author of Penguin Random House’s Her Fidelity (2022) - a comedic coming-of-age story of a young woman working in an indie record shop and trying to figure out who she is, and what really matters. It was included in The Age, The Books That Made Their Mark in 2022 list, was shortlisted for the ABA Best Commercial Cover Award, and received great critical and fan reviews, including from Annabel Crabb and Melina Marchetta. Katherine also holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Western Sydney University’s Writing and Society Research Centre.
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Rod Howard is an author, ghostwriter, copywriter and freelance journalist, with a background in arts management, media, publishing and strategic communications. In his narrative biographies, Rod has a passion for illuminating under-known and arcane corners of social history. Rod's books include The Fabulist (Random House), The Man Who Invented Vegemite (Murdoch Books) and A Forger's Tale (Arcade Publications), winner of the FAW Walter Stone Award for Biography. He has written regular columns and features in arts, travel and parenting. Rod was also founding Chair of the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival in NSW and a peer of the Australia Council.
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Wendy Howitt has written on staff for publications such as Vogue Australia, Harper’s Bazaar and The Sydney Morning Herald, and worked as a freelancer. She has written press releases, website content and advertorials. She has self-published two young adult books and has a BA, majoring in English, and a MA in Writing.
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