Pippa Kay has written three books. The most recent, Keeping it in the Family, published by Ginninderra Press, won the Society of Women Writers Fiction Award in 2018.
Pippa has been a member of the Society of Women Writers since 1995, when she won the 70th Anniversary Award for her short story called Replay, which was subsequently published with other shortlisted entries in No Thanks or Regrets (State Library of NSW Press).
She has been successful in other competitions run by the SWW, including the 90th Anniversary Non-Fiction prize.
Pippa enjoyed her previous role as Workshop Coordinator for SWW, because she could meet so many talented and interesting writers.
She is also a member of The Common Thread Writers, who meet most Thursday nights, to give each other encouragement and support.
Sailing is her other passion and she edits the Mainsheet, a monthly newsletter for the Coastal Cruising Club of Australia.
Liz Newton lives in Sydney with her husband and dog. Her extensive travelling including road trips across continents, sailing adventures and family holidays provides inspiration for writing.
Liz has worked in health services, in particular mental health including drug and alcohol settings in senior management roles, along with teaching at universities and involvement in health research, ethics and peer reviewing of research articles and books.
Her academic background is in Anthropology and Comparative Sociology. Research included indigenous suicide, mental health vocational training and a PhD thesis on the ethnography of deinstitutionalisation in NSW and cross-cultural comparatives in UK, USA and Italy.
Published works include peer-reviewed journals, fiction novels Faraway on an Island and Jagged Edge of Joy, and two books of short stories Meandering and Secrets and Wishes. She has also published two chapbooks of poetry as well as poems included in other anthologies. Her latest book The Firing Line is a memoir.
Liz has been a member of The Common Thread Writers for 11 years.