Rebecca Lim is a writer, illustrator and editor and the author of over twenty books, including The Astrologer’s Daughter (A Kirkus Best Book of 2015 and CBCA Notable Book for Older Readers) and the bestselling Mercy. Her work has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards, shortlisted multiple times for the […]

Eileen Ormsby is a lawyer, author and freelance journalist based in Melbourne. Her first book, Silk Road was the world’s first in-depth expose of the black markets that operate on the dark web. Since then, she has gone on to write another five true-crime books, including The Darkest Web, which has led to her being […]

Sarah Armstrong has written three novels and been shortlisted for various prizes including the Miles Franklin. Her first book for kids will be published by Hardie Grant in 2022. www.sarah-armstrong.com

Lily Shearer is a proud citizen of the Murrawarri Republic & Ngemba Nation (north-west NSW/south-east QLD) woman with 30+ years experience in First Peoples Cultural Development, Arts Management and in Theatre and performance making. In co-founding Moogahlin Performing Arts, a First Peoples company in Redfern, Sydney NSW, Lily’s vision was to put in to practice […]

Catriona Menzies-Pike is the editor of the Sydney Review of Books.

Olivia Lanchester is the CEO of the Australian Society of Authors. Previously, she ran the ASA’s Contract Assessment Service and is passionate about advising authors and illustrators on their rights and optimising their position. Olivia has also worked as an intellectual property lawyer in private practice and as a freelance editor. Olivia advises authors and […]

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 […]