Michelle Cahill (she/they) is a poet and novelist of Indian heritage. She was the 2023 Hedberg Writer in Residence at the University of Tasmania. Her short story collection, Letter to Pessoa was awarded the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for New Writing. Daisy & Woolf was longlisted in the ALS Gold Medal and the Voss Literary Prize. She has […]

Ivy Ireland is the author of the poetry collections The Owl Inside (2020), Porch Light (2015), and Incidental Complications (2007). Ivy has worked as a bookstore owner, magician’s assistant, harpist, cabaret performer and tutor in Creative Writing. Ivy’s literary awards include the Australian Young Poet Fellowship, the Olga Masters Short Story Award, the Harri Jones […]

Lea Redfern is a lecturer with the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney, specialising in audio and podcasting. Lea is known for her innovative creative and student-centred teaching. She is passionate about the possibilities of audio and energised by the creative freedom of podcasting.

Ashley Kalagian Blunt is the number one bestselling author of Dark Mode, which was released in multiple territories and languages and shortlisted for the 2024 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel, the Danger Award for Best Crime Debut, and the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year. Her earlier books include How to Be […]

Rodney Graham Turner is a proud Yiidhuwarra man from the Lamalama Nation of the Princess Charlotte Bay region of Far North Queensland. Born and raised on Yuggera Country of Brisbane, before relocating to the land of the Gadigal in 1989. He has dedicated the last 30 years of his life learning to cultural immersion, off […]

Greg Woodland is a former filmmaker who now works as script editor, screenwriter, and director of online script development business (www.scriptcentral.com.au). He’s taught screenwriting at film schools and unis including AFTRS, UTS, Macquarie University, and Australian Film Base, where he currently teaches a short course. Happily, Greg is also an author: his first crime novel, […]

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 and teacher working across literary fiction, hybrid narrative, and creative practice. Her work explores migration, identity, intimacy, and the emotional lives of cities. Her debut novel, Friends and Dark Shapes, was published internationally in 2021 and shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards, the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, and the Small […]

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 […]