Andy Griffiths is the author of the much-loved Treehouse series which has been published in over 35 countries and won 10 Australian Book Industry Awards—including Book of the Year in 2015.

Sulari Gentill is the author of ten published novels, including the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries, a series of historical crime novels chronicling the life and adventures of her 1930s Australian gentleman artist, and the Hero Trilogy, based on the myths and epics of the ancient world.  Sulari has contributed articles to a number of magazines and […]

Kirsten Krauth is an author, editor and arts journalist who lives in Castlemaine. Her bestselling novel Almost a Mirror, published in April 2020 by Transit Lounge, was shortlisted for the Penguin Literary Prize and her first novel is just_a_girl. She received the Stephen Parker Medal at the University of Canberra for Most Outstanding PhD Thesis for her creative […]

Ellen van Neerven is an award-winning author of the books Throat, Comfort Food and Heat and Light. Ellen’s mother’s family is Mununjali from south east queensland while Ellen’s paternal family is Dutch.

Richard Cornish is an award-winning food writer, author, creative director and events host. He is well known in the food scene as an independent writer and commentator on food issues.   His vision for sustainable food events that helped create food communities and offer great experiences to guests have been part of the Melbourne Food […]

Professor Donna Lee Brien is Professor of Creative Industries at Central Queensland University. With a Masters and PhD in writing biography, Donna has written many articles and other publications on food writers and food writing, including most recently, in The Conversation on pickling at home and the history of porridge. Her most recent books include:Paradoxes […]

Kirsten Tranter is the author of the novels Hold, longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and the Voss Literary Award, A Common Loss and The Legacy. Her short fiction appears in journals and collections including her Edgar-nominated story in the recent Sydney Noir (2019) and she publishes essays, journalism, reviews, and criticism. Kirsten is a […]

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Alexandra Nahlous is a leading freelance book editor, with twenty years’ experience in editing and publishing. She is known in the publishing industry for her expertise in commercial fiction, including women’s fiction, young adult and junior fiction, and literary fiction. She has edited bestselling and award-winning novels, and in 2009-10, she won the Beatrice Davis Editorial […]