Sue Woolfe is the best-selling author of four novels: Painted Woman, (Random House) Leaning Towards Infinity (Pan Macmillan), The Secret Cure (UWA) and The Oldest Song in the World (UWA). She has adapted two of these to the stage, where they were performed professionally in major Australian theatres to critical acclaim and sell-out audiences, and […]

Emily Bitto is an award-winning Melbourne-based writer of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Her debut novel, The Strays, won the 2015 Stella Prize. She has a Masters in literary studies and a PhD in creative writing from the University of Melbourne, and has been teaching creative writing for over a decade.

Catherine Hill is managing editor at Penguin Random House in Sydney.

Zoe Walton is a publisher of books for young readers at Penguin Random House Australia. Zoe edits New York Times bestselling author John Flanagan, whose Ranger’s Apprentice and Brotherband series have sold fifteen million copies worldwide. She also publishes many popular and award-winning Australian authors, including Deborah Abela, Tristan Bancks, Fleur Ferris, Emily Gale, Tim Harris, Belinda […]

Debra Tidball is a social worker who morphed into an author. Her latest picture book, The Scared Book, is a CBCA Notable and heaps of interactive fun, and the gentler When I See Grandma was short-listed for the Speech Pathology Book of the Year. She has flash fiction and short stories published, and she blogs, […]

Allison Tait (AL Tait) is an internationally published, bestselling middle-grade author, speaker, co-founder of yourkidsnextread.com and co-host of YKNR podcast. Her fantasy series (The Mapmaker Chronicles, The Ateban Cipher, and Maven & Reeve Mysteries) have been shortlisted and longlisted for awards, as was her first contemporary mystery novel The First Summer of Callie McGee. Willow […]

RA Spratt is a best-selling children’s author and podcast host. She is known for writing Epically Good Greek Myths, Friday Barnes, The Peski Kids and Nanny Piggins. Her podcast Bedtime Stories with RA Spratt has a huge following from around the world with over 6 million downloads. Her live storytelling shows have played to sold […]

Kate Simpson is a children’s author and co-host of popular children’s book podcast, One More Page. Kate’s debut picture book, Finding Granny, will be released on 1 July with EK Books.

Joanne Simpson has worked in and around books for the best part of her working life, from bookselling to children’s publishing, culminating in her current role as a grants officer (with a special interest in literature) at the Australia Council for the Arts.