Mark Smith is an award-winning author. He lives, works, and surfs on Victoria’s Surf Coast. He is the author of four books for YA readers,... Read More

Mark Brandi is the author of three novels, most recently The Others (Hachette, 2021). His first novel, Wimmera, won the coveted British Crime Writers’ Association Debut... Read More

Mandy Beaumont’s collection of short stories, Wild, Fearless Chests, was shortlisted for the Richell Prize and the Dorothy Hewett Award, and a story from the... Read More

Lisa Millar is the co-host of ABC TV’s News Breakfast. She began her career at The Gympie Times and has worked in print, TV and... Read More

Kerry Fowler a fifth generation Fowler living in Williamstown, and a Homegrown author with the City of Hobson’s Bay, Victoria, Australia. The contribution that generations... Read More

Toni Jordan is the author of six novels, most recently Dinner with the Schnabels (Hachette, 2022). Toni Jordan has worked as a molecular biologist, quality... Read More

Jonathan Butler is a writer and content producer living in Melbourne. He has been researching his book The Boy in the Dress (Affirm Press, 2022)... Read More

Jock Serong is the author of five novels and has received the ARA Historical Novel Prize, the Colin Roderick Award, the Ned Kelly Award for... Read More