Steve Bell
Genres: Adventure, Essays/Articles, Internet/Web, Literary Fiction, Non-fiction, Thriller, Travel,
Availability: Speaking Engagements,
Steve Bell has survived an adventurous life as a climber, soldier, entrepreneur, mountain guide, and public speaker. The author of two books, his writing has been published in outdoor magazines in the UK, USA, and Australia. He is currently working on a memoir about Mt Everest, and a work of […]
Barbara ( Anne) Martin (Elsa Brookfield)
Genres: Auto/Biography, Childrens, Food, Historical, Picture Books, Poetry, Travel,
Availability: Readings,
My name is Barbara (Anne) Martin also known as Barabra Anne Munday. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia. I am a retired Registered Nurse/ Gerontic Practitioner/ Nursing Lecturer. I wrote and self published my first book called ‘A Jug full of Caring’ in 2008. I am now embarking on […]
Christina Soong
Genres: Auto/Biography, Childrens, Comedy, Contemporary, Essays/Articles, Film/TV, Food, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories, Travel,
Availability: Mentoring, Readings, School Visits, Speaking Engagements,
Christina is an award-winning writer. She was co-editor of Adelaide university’s student newspaper, On Dit, in 1996. Afterwards, she worked in London, Leeds, Melbourne, Hong Kong and Shanghai in senior marketing/management roles and freelanced for magazines. Whilst on maternity leave, she started an award-winning food & travel blog, The Hungry […]
Melanie Pryor
Genres: Auto/Biography, Contemporary, Essays/Articles, Experimental, Non-fiction, Travel,
Melanie Pryor is a literary nonfiction writer living and working on Kaurna land. Her short memoir has been published in Meanjin, Southerly, and Lip, and her fiction on wine bottles as part of the Overland/Short Story Prize in 2015. In 2017 she received the inaugural highly commended award in the […]
Jake Dean
Genres: Adventure, Contemporary, Essays/Articles, Humour, Internet/Web, Literary Fiction, Non-fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Travel,
Availability: Readings, Speaking Engagements,
Jake Dean is a writer and waverider living on Kaurna land in Maslin Beach. His nonfiction has appeared in The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Crikey, Surfing World, Slam Skateboarding Magazine, VICE, Kill Your Darlings, Overland, Junkee, Broadsheet, Great Ocean Quarterly, Mindful Parenting, White Horses and others. He also writes short […]
Lauren Foley
Genres: Australiana, Auto/Biography, Contemporary, Essays/Articles, Experimental, Film/TV, Internet/Web, Literary Fiction, Multicultural, Non-fiction, Poetry, Radio, Short Stories, Theatre, Travel, Women's,
Availability: Assessments, Mentoring, Readings, School Visits, Speaking Engagements,
Lauren Foley is Irish/Australian. Her stories are published internationally. Credits include: Overland, The Irish Times, Award Winning Australian Writing, Lighthouse, Gorse and No Alibis. Her first publication was the short story ‘Squiggly Arse Crack’ in the 2014 Margaret River Anthology, following its shortlisting for the Margaret River Short Story Competition. She […]
Ben Stubbs
Genres: Essays/Articles, Non-fiction, Travel,
Availability: Assessments, Mentoring, Readings, School Visits, Speaking Engagements,
I am a non-fiction an travel writer who has recently moved into academia. I have published numerous articles and essays for the Sydney Morning Herald, Meanjin and Griffith Review. My first book, Ticket to Paradise, about my search for the Australian colony in Paraguay was published by Harper Collins in […]
Jill Schedneck
Genres: Essays/Articles, Literary Fiction, Multicultural, Non-fiction, Travel, Women's,
Availability: Assessments, Mentoring, Readings, School Visits, Speaking Engagements,
Jillian Schedneck lived in the United Arab Emirates for two years, teaching English literature and creative writing at universities in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. She is the author of the memoir Abu Dhabi Days, Dubai Nights, published by Pan Macmillan in 2012. Her work has also appeared in Australian and American literary […]
Jane Turner Goldsmith
Genres: Literary Fiction, Middle Childhood, Multicultural, Non-fiction, Poetry, Travel, Young Adult,
Availability: Mentoring, Readings, School Visits, Speaking Engagements,
Jane Turner Goldsmith is a writer, psychologist and teacher. Her novel Poinciana (Wakefield Press, 2006) was shortlisted for a Commonwealth Prize. She has published short stories, poetry, flash pieces and children’s fiction and edited a non-fiction anthology of adoption stories. She has worked as a content writer for the Black […]