Jess Black is an award-winning author of over forty children’s books. Jess’s latest series, Pepper Creek Ponies is based on her own adventures owning and riding horses. Jess has written the Tales of Mr Walkerseries about a dog who comes to live in the fanciest hotel in town. She has also written the Kitty is Not […]

Kavita Bedford is an Australian-Indian writer with a background in journalism, anthropology and literature. Her novel, Friends & Dark Shapes, was published in 2021 in Australia, USA, and Italy and was Shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards, 2021, The NSW Premiers’ New Fiction, and Small Press Network’s Book of the Year. Her writing has appeared […]

Andrew Kwong was born in Zhongshan in the Pearl River Delta in the People’s Republic of China, educated there and also in Hong Kong and Australia. He trained as a doctor at St Vincent’s Medical School of UNSW, was a resident at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and is now in active general […]

Graeme Simsion is the internationally bestselling author of The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect, The Rosie Result and The Best of Adam Sharp. He lives with Anne Buist, co-author of Two Steps Forward and Two Steps Onward, in Melbourne, Australia. The Novel Project was released in March 2022.

Derek Motion is a poet and artist currently living on Wiradjuri Country, Wagga Wagga, NSW. He holds a PhD in creative writing from CSU; was winner of the 2009 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize; and has been a NSW state finalist in the National Poetry slam on two occasions. His most recent full-length poetry collection […]

Josie is an award-winning author with 64 resources published internationally. She writes under two pseudonyms: fiction under Montano; resources on Autism under Santomauro. Josie works freelance with a multitude of journal articles, narrative scripts and regular columns published. She’s also an actor, playwright, scriptwriter and has produced her own award winning short film, hoping to […]

Dr David Roland is a writer, presenter and psychologist drawing on his lived experience as well as his professional training. His latest book, The Power of Suffering: Growing through life crises (Simon & Schuster, 2020), draws together the real-life stories of 11 people who survived their crises and grew in transformative ways. His memoir How […]

JP Pomare’s first novel, Call Me Evie, was critically acclaimed and won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel. His following books, In The Clearing, and Tell Me Lies, were also critically acclaimed bestsellers. His work has been published in journals including Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, Takahe and Mascara Literary Review. He has hosted the On Writing podcast since 2015 featuring bestselling authors […]

ADAM VAN ROOIJEN completed a BA in Communications (Media Arts & Production) at UTS in 2005 and began his career in digital advertising before moving to London in 2009, where he transitioned his career into becoming a digital marketer for Random House. He has worked on campaigns for recognised brands like Lee Child, Bill Bryson, […]