Tim Byrne is a critic, arts journalist and bookseller at Avenue Bookstore. He has been Performing Arts Editor at Time Out Melbourne, as well as... Read More

Siang Lu is the author of Ghost Cities and The Whitewash, and the co-creator of The Beige Index. The Whitewash won the ABIA Audiobook of the Year in 2023 for its... Read More

Sasha Cottman is a USA Today bestselling author with over 35 books published. Under her own name she writes historical romance, and under Jessica Gregory... Read More

Sanya Rushdi was born in Bangladesh and studied the biological sciences and psychology at Monash University, the University of Sydney and Deakin University. Her first novel Hospital was... Read More

Sam Elkin is a writer, arts producer and radio maker living in Naarm. Sam’s recent fiction and essays have been published in the Griffith Review,... Read More

Ross Gillett lives on Dja Dja Wurrung country in Daylesford. His first collection of poems, The Sea Factory, was published as part of the Five... Read More

As well as being the founding editor at Liquid Amber Press, Rose Lucas is a poet in Naarm and an academic at Victoria University. She... Read More

Rohini Vij is professional storyteller, author and educator. Co – author of the recently published Regional Stories of India (Scholastic) Tales from three diverse parts... Read More

Robyn Annear’s books include Bearbrass: Imagining Early Melbourne, Nothing but Gold: The Diggers of 1852, Nothing New: A History of Second-hand and Adrift in Melbourne. Her podcast ‘Nothing on TV’... Read More