Clare Fletcher is the author of romantic comedies Love Match (2023) and Five Bush Weddings (2022), both published by Penguin Random House. Clare’s short stories have been prize-winners in the Scarlet Stiletto, the Best Australian Yarn and Roly Sussex Short Story Competition, and published in The Big Issue and The West Australian. Clare also co-hosts That Rom Com Pod with fellow author Karina May, […]

Saman Shad is an editor, journalist and teller of stories. Her writing credits span mediums, including radio scriptwriting for the BBC in the UK and the ABC in Australia, and playwriting, with works commissioned by theatres in London and Sydney. She is a regular writer for several publications, including The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald and SBS. She has also worked […]

Penelope Janu lives on a farm in the Southern Highlands of NSW with a distracting husband, a very large dog, a herd of cattle and, now they’re fully grown, six delightful children who come and go. Penelope, a lawyer for many years, has a passion for creating stories that explore social and environmental issues, but […]

Katherine is the author of Penguin Random House’s Her Fidelity (2022) – a comedic coming-of-age story of a young woman working in an indie record shop and trying to figure out who she is, and what really matters. It was included in The Age, The Books That Made Their Mark in 2022 list, was shortlisted […]