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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Anne Maria Nicholson
Anne Maria Nicholson is a prominent journalist, author and public speaker who has worked for many of Australia’s major media organisations, as well as internationally. Anne Maria has written three…
Sharon Rundle
Sharon Rundle, Institute of Professional Editors; Chair, UTS Writers’ Alumni. Co-editor of five anthologies of short fiction from Australia and South Asia, including her latest – Relatively True. Her stories,…
Denise O'Hagan
Denise O’Hagan is an editor and poet, born in Rome and based in Sydney. She has a background in commercial book publishing, working for Routledge, Heinemann and Collins and consulting…