Kate Cole-Adams is a Melbourne-based writer and journalist. Her book Anaesthesia: The gift of oblivion and the mystery of consciousness won the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award (non-fiction category) and longlisted for the Stella Prize. It is a personal, journalistic and philosophical exploration of what […]

Danielle Clode is the author of nine environmental and historical non-fiction books for adults and children. She has a background in psychology, a doctorate in zoology and lectures in creative and scientific writing.  She has won several awards and fellowships for her work, including the Nettie Palmer Award for Non-Fiction and Whitley Commendation for Best […]

Author of Made by Humans: The AI Condition, Ellen Broad is an independent consultant and expert in data sharing, open data and AI ethics. She has worked in technology policy and implementation in global roles, including as head of policy for Open Data Institute and as manager of digital projects for the International Federation of […]

Dr James Best is an award-winning GP who developed a special interest in autism, after his youngest son Sam was diagnosed in 2004. In 2017 his book, Sam’s Best Shot, chronicled a 6-month backpacking journey he and Sam undertook around Africa, which was also featured on Australian Story.

Kate Aubusson is the health editor at the Sydney Morning Herald. She was previously the Herald‘s breaking news reporter.  She worked at Australian Doctor, breaking political and medical news, as well as reporting across eleven Specialist Updates titles for medical specialists. In 2015, Kate presented the ABC documentary Lest We Forget What, and has freelanced […]

Ruth Armstrong is an editor at Croakey and the Croakey books editor. She is also a writer of short fiction. With a background in general practice, she worked from 1997-2015 on the editorial team of the Medical Journal of Australia.

Evelyn Araluen is a poet, teacher and researcher working with Indigenous literatures at the University of Sydney. She won the the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers in 2017 and the Judith Wright Poetry Prize in 2018. Her writing has been published in Overland, Cordite, Southerly and more. Born and raised in Dharug country, […]

Didi de Graaf is a Samoan-Aotearoan writer, actor and filmmaker who currently resides in Sydney after completing a Bachelor of Arts in Scriptwriting at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS). As an actor, Didi has been featured in visual projects such as ‘Miss Aquarius’ for Calendar Girls. She has worked behind the camera […]

BRONWYN MEHAN runs Spineless Wonders which publishes short Australian fiction. Bronwyn looks for innovative ways to connect Australian authors with new audiences, collaborating with artists and organisations engaged in multi-media and performing arts. In late 2018, she will spend a month in New York as part of a Publishing Fellowship.