Member Profiles

Paula Welch

Paula is the author of four books. Born in England, she immigrated to Australia in the 1970s. She completed a BA, majoring in Creative Writing and Literature in 2017 and…

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Sanda Lum

Sanda Lum is an Australian primary school teacher and author. She was born in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar and is of Arakanese descent. Sanda’s debut children’s picture book titled Katherina…

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Colleen Keating

Colleen Keating is a Sydney poet. Her writing explores the wonder and paradox of nature with the harsh realities of life, justice, equality and the increasing threat to our natural…

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Mel Ifield

Melanie Ifield is a prize-winning author from rural NSW, with a variety of publications in journals such as Mona, Specul8, AntipodeanSF and an upcoming publication on ‘writing illness’ with WestWords.…

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Christine Sykes

Christine Sykes has three published books. The Changing Room, which won the The Society of Women Writers NSW 2020 fiction award, was based on her experiences at the non-profit Dress…

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Eva Rottenanger

My first international journey was in 1961 when my family migrated from Germany to Australia, stopping along the way in places like Cairo, Karachi and Singapore. That trip spawned the…

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Jo Oliver

Jo’s biography of artist Jessie Traill was published by Australian Scholarly Publishing in 2020 and her biography of artist Adelaide Perry was published by ASP in 2022. Four children’s picture…

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Margaret Zanardo

Margaret Zanardo is a Sydney poet, writer and graphic designer. She has a background in languages, art and English literature. In recent years she has tutored in high school English…

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Lesley Brydon AM

After a long career in corporate communications and public health advocacy, Lesley feared she had written too many media releases and submissions to ever become a more creative writer. But…

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