Joana Tumpalan was born in the Philippines and aspires to be a published author inspiring readers along the way. She has a postgraduate degree of M.A. in Creative Writing from University of Technology Sydney and is currently studying M.A. in Literature and Creative Writing at Western Sydney University. Her Poets at Petersham Bowlo anthology poems are […]

She may call herself the trigger warning walking, but Rosie Bogumil writes unapologetically about mental illness. She received the Randolph Stow Young Writers Award six consecutive times, and she has also won the National Campus Writing Competition for non-fiction. Rosie is fascinated by the interplay between page and stage – so much so, that she […]

Mark has self-published two books of poetry, Mercurial Meanderings and Iconoclastic Journeys, as well as editing the anthologies A Square Circle and Poetsconsortorium: Poets at the Petersham Bowlo. He regularly presents his poetry at a range of Sydney venues, as well as co-convening Poets at the Petersham Bowlo open mic soiree. Mark has consistently been […]

Tina Huang is a Chinese Australian writer based in Sydney on Wangal land. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Meanjin, The Lifted Brow, Going Down Swinging, Cordite Poetry Review, Overland, and Peril. Tina is also a performance poet and was a 2021 NSW State Finalist in the Australian Poetry Slam. In addition to […]

Bella Li is the author of Argosy (2017), Lost Lake (2018), and Theory of Colours (2021), published by Vagabond Press. Her work has won the Victorian and NSW Premier’s awards for poetry and an ABDA award for book design.  

Zig Parker is a seasoned hip-hop veteran from Houston, Texas, nurtured in LA, with a career from 1990 to the present. Starting as a sound engineer at Motown/Capitol Records, he collaborated with acts including Grammy-nominated producer Michael Angelo Saulsberry and Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav. Zig has left an indelible mark in Sydney’s music production, songwriting, […]

L-FRESH The LION is regarded as one of Australia’s most important hip-hop artists. He is the author and performer of the Sydney Kings’ (National Basketball League) theme song ‘WE THE KINGS’, ambassador for Australia as selected by YouTube for their international Creators for Change initiative, and an ARIA Award and Double J Artist of the […]

Simone Amelia Jordan is Australia’s most successful hip-hop journalist, with a career spanning print, radio, TV, and digital media. At 23, she founded Urban Hitz, the country’s highest-selling rap and R&B publication. Later, in New York City, she served as the content director of The Source, the iconic ‘Hip-Hop Bible’ that inspired her reporting and […]

Stacey Miers is a Planning Officer with Shelter NSW, and has had a lifelong commitment to delivering housing through the lens of social justice. Much of her work is informed by her childhood growing up in a boarding house in inner Sydney Newtown. Her commitment to housing justice and land use planning is about lived experience […]