Gary Lonesborough is a Yuin man, who grew up on the Far South Coast of NSW as part of a large and proud Aboriginal family. Growing up a massive Kylie Minogue and North Queensland Cowboys fan, Gary was always writing as a child, and continued his creative journey when he moved to Sydney to study […]

Eileen Chong is a poet and the author of nine books. Some awards her work have shortlisted include the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, the NSW Premier’s Literary Award, and twice for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award. Her most recent poetry collection is A Thousand Crimson Blooms from the University of Queensland Press. She lives and […]

Rosemarie Milsom is the founding director of the Newcastle Writers Festival, which is in its ninth year. The festival was one of the first large-scale arts events to cancel in 2020 due to COVID-19, and one of the first to make the move to a digital program. Rosemarie is also an award-winning journalist who has […]

At the end of 14 years as Publisher at UWA Publishing in Perth, Terri-ann White had published around 450 books: fiction, poetry, narrative non-fiction, scholarly, and art and natural science monographs. Prior to this, she founded and directed a cross-disciplinary research centre at UWA, taught literature and writing in universities, was a bookseller for 16 […]

Sisonke Msimang is the author of Always Another Country: A memoir of exile and home and The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela: A biography of survival. She is a South African writer whose work is focused on race, gender and democracy. She has written for a range of international publications including The New York Times, The […]

R.W.R. McDonald (Rob) is an award-winning author of two novels. His debut novel, The Nancys, won Best First Novel in the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Awards, as well as being a finalist in the Best Novel category. It was also shortlisted for Best First Novel in the 2020 Ned Kelly Awards, and Highly Commended for an […]

Rebecca Lim is an Australian writer, illustrator and editor, and the author of over twenty books, including Tiger Daughter (a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award-winner), 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, Queensland Literary […]

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