Tara was born in 1983. She is a Wiradjuri woman. In 2004 she won the David Unaipon Award for Indigenous Writers, for her novel Swallow the Air (UQP). In 2006 she was awarded the Victorian Premiers Literary Award for Indigenous Writing, and also nominated for The Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction, [...]
Continue Reading →Ruth is currently working on two screen projects set in different periods of Australian history. Over the last fifteen years Ruth has juggled commitments as a performer, fiction writer, and journalist working in film, television, radio and print journalism.
Most recently the editor of Australia’s leading arts journal, Australian Art Review (2003-2005), Ruth was [...]
Continue Reading →Lewie JPD was born in Kings Cross on Elvis’s birthday, grew up in the Aussie bush until ten, then spent the next eight years in Tokyo, Japan.
He started writing comedy skits for television (NHK Tokyo) at the age of fifteen. Since then he hasn’t stopped writing – for film, TV, radio and magazines; [...]
Continue Reading →Question: Joy, what’s with this constant reinvention? Answer: Why should Madonna have all the fun?
Joy Aimee is the latest incarnation of Sydney-based writer and creativity coach, Joy Atkin.
The author of So, What’s Today’s Brilliant Excuse? and the soon-to-be
released So Where’s My Happy Ever After? Joy is a storyteller who [...]
Continue Reading →J.C. Burke was born in Sydney in 1965. After working as an Oncology Sister she decided to do a Creative Writing Course with Libby Gleeson in 1999, which inspired her to apply for a mentorship with The Australian Society of Authors in 2000. Successful, Burke undertook writing her first novel White Lies, which was [...]
Continue Reading →Like a farmer, Ian’s life changes with the season. In summer he makes maps, writes documentaries, carves wood and plays his drums. In winter he writes about architectural and urban planning topics (he has a degree in architecture) for a teetering pile of periodicals. In spring and autumn he leads walking and cultural tours [...]
Continue Reading →Ian has not won any literary awards but, with a mid-life crisis looming just around the corner, he would desperately like to. The fame, money and private jets that would undoubtedly flow from such an achievement would allow him to travel and embrace a more superficial, materialistic lifestyle that is so difficult to find [...]
Continue Reading →Anthony is CEO (Chief Enjoyment Officer!) of the ANThony ACKroyd companies.
Anthony is one of Australia’s most successful comedy writer-performers. He rose to prominence as a star of the ABC’s legendary comedy series “The Big Gig” and has performed and written for over sixty Australian and international TV shows, radio programmes, and feature films [...]
Continue Reading →Writers:
Ian Perlman (Judges’ Prize Winner) Lewie JPD (Bryce Courtenay Award) Anthony Ackroyd Joy Aimee JC Burke Ruth Hessey Ian McKean Tara June Winch
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