Dr Rachel Franks is the Coordinator of Scholarship at the State Library of New South Wales and an Honorary Associate Lecturer at the University of Newcastle. She holds PhDs in Australian crime fiction (Central Queensland University) and in true crime texts (University of Sydney). A qualified educator and librarian, her extensive work on crime fiction, […]

Michelle Barraclough hosts the podcast Writer’s Book Club where she does deep dives with authors into the writing craft and process behind one of their novels. She has has interviewed 44 authors on the podcast including Charlotte Wood, Markus Zusak, Sally Hepworth, Kate Mildenhall, Michael Robotham, Toni Jordan and Hannah Kent. She has also facilitated […]

Claudine Tinellis is a Sydney-based author, podcaster and presenter/moderator. A former corporate lawyer, Claudine ventured into the world of publishing in 2014 as the editor of Coastal Chef and in the years since has dedicated herself to writing fiction and finding varying ways to support the world of Australian literature. She is an executive founding […]

Madeline Te Whiu is an author from semi-rural Perth. Her debut novel The Assassin Thief was shortlisted for the WA Premiers Book Awards 2023 in the Emerging Writer category. In 2024 the final book of The Soul Thief trilogy was published, completing the series. With work on her next book well underway, Madeline is looking […]

Elisabeth Storrs is the award-winning author of the A Tale of Ancient Rome series which was endorsed by Ursula Le Guin, Kate Quinn and Ben Kane and currently has over 3,500 Goodreads reviews. Now she’s hurtled centuries forward with Fables & Lies, a novel set in WW2 Germany about the Aryan Myth, crazy Nazi archaeology, […]

Deborah Pike is a writer and academic based in Sydney. She is the author of The Subversive Art of Zelda Fitzgerald, shortlisted for the AUHE literary criticism award. She lived in Paris for several years, immersed in the literary scene and working at Shakespeare and Company bookstore. An award-winning teacher, her research focuses on modernist […]

Paris Rosemont is the author of poetry collections Banana Girl (2023) and Barefoot Poetess (2025). Her debut was long and shortlisted for several poetry book awards in Australia, Greece, UK and USA. Paris’s poetry has appeared in over 70 publications including Australian Poetry Journal, Rabbit and Splinter. She has been the recipient of numerous writing […]

Zahid Gamieldien is an author, screenwriter, editor and writing tutor. His debut novel, All the Missing Children, was published by Ultimo Press in 2024. He’s had short fiction published in literary journals including Overland, Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, Island Magazine and many others. His work was listed for the Richell Prize and selected for inclusion […]

Anna Featherstone is an author, advocate, mentor and advisor to the global organisation The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi). She’s a judge of The Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW) and The Australian Business Book Awards, is the author of five books and runs workshops for organisations including the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and […]