Gayelene Carbis is an Australian-Chinese-Cornish-Irish writer of poetry, prose and plays. Her first book of poetry, 𝘈𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (Five Islands Press) was awarded Finalist –... Read More

Andy Jackson is a poet and creative writing teacher, and was awarded the inaugural Writing the Future of Health Fellowship. He has been shortlisted for... Read More

Elizabeth Coleman is a successful screenwriter who has written on every season of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and Miss Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries. She is... Read More

Jacinta Parsons is a broadcaster, writer, speaker and author of memoir Unseen: The secret life of chronic illness. She currently hosts Afternoons on ABC Melbourne,... Read More

Paul Dalgarno is an author and journalist. He was deputy editor of The Conversation (Australia) and a senior writer and features editor at the Herald... Read More

Ros Ben-Moshe is an internationally recognised laughter wellness and positivity expert. She is adjunct lecturer at La Trobe University, where she has taught positive psychology... Read More

Rhett Davis is from the Wadawurrung country of Geelong and its nearby coastal towns. He has published in places like The Big Issue, Meanjin and The Sleepers Almanac. In 2015, he... Read More

Gareth Morgan is a poet from Williamstown. He is the author of When A Punk Becomes A Spunk and Dear Eileen. He is the co-director... Read More

Enza Gandolfo is a Melbourne writer and the author of two novels, The Bridge (shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2019) and Swimming (shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis... Read More

Formed in 2014 and raised by the Willy Lit Fest, The Stereo Stories Band has performed at Memo Music Hall in Melbourne, writers festivals in... Read More