Angie Primer is a proud Maori women born in Taranaki, New Zealand. Now an Australian citizen, happily residing in Perth with her two awesome teenagers and one much adored sausage dog. She is currently writing her first novel of Magic Realism, based in her beloved homeland of New Zealand.

Alana Brekelmans is a writer and researcher. She holds a PhD in anthropology, and is the recipient of the 2021 Australian Anthropological Society Thesis Prize.

In 2023 Annie signed a two book deal with Ultimo Press and her first novel, 'Audrey's Gone AWOL' is being published in April 2024. She is now working on her second manuscript.

Bianca Breen is an emerging childrens' and YA writer. She works at The Literature Centre in Fremantle and is passionate about community, founding YA for WA in 2021. Her short works have been published by Night Parrot Press, Fremantle Press, and more. She holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts.

Claire Miranda Roberts is an Australian poet whose debut collection, Kangaroo Paw, was published by Vagabond Press in 2023.

A fifth generation Australian, Glenda has always been a writer, starting with her first book at 12. An adventurous life has seen her range from sheep station wife, to living in the jungles of New Guinea and the luxury of Florida, finding that every adventure has a story.

Jacie lives on tea and laughter. She loves the ocean, books and Shakespeare in equal measure. She is currently working on her second novel. Jacie lives in Perth with her husband, two sons and her faithful but neurotic, dog Peggy. Photograph by Jessica Gately

Katharine is a Sydney-based novelist. Her debut novel, the comedic coming-of-age, Her Fidelity, was published by Penguin in 2023 and garnered excellent critical reviews and reader responses. She has been published by The Guardian, Fremantle Press and Hear Us Scream, among others. Photograph by Syl Marie

As a clinical psychologist, having published academic articles, Anna recently turned to fiction. Since 2020 she been mentored by WA writers Louise Allan and Laurie Steed and, through Faber Academy, Peggy Frew. Anna has completed two unpublished novels; Lou and I was shortlisted for the 2023 Harper Collins Banjo Prize for an unpublished novel. She has previously been awarded a 2022 Fellowship by the Katharine Susannah Pritchard Writers’ Centre in Perth, WA.

Karen Ginnane is a Melbourne-based writer whose debut MG/YA historical fantasy duology, 'Time Catchers', was published with Penguin Random House in 2021. Karen finds the tilted and the strange in the everyday and uses this and history to mine stories exploring themes including connection, family, self-discovery, truth-finding and identity. Photograph by Karen Ginnane

Katherine is currently writing her first novel, set in Perth, Western Australia in the mid 1970s. She gained her PhD in 2016 from University of Western Australia on the topic of contemporary Australian literary representations of the House. She is a member of KSP and is mentored by Sasha Wasley.

Michelle Symes is a University of South Australia PhD candidate, recognised as a Western Australian emerging writer. Michelle’s been published in Westerly and the Review of Australian Fiction. Michelle's novel explores themes of compassion and belonging in Australia through lens of family, botany, archaeology and the Derbarl Yerrigan Swan River.

L. A. Monteiro is a fantasy and romance author based in Australia. She’s an Eurasian second-generation Australian and an expert at living between worlds. Her stories tend to feature a diverse cast of characters that reflect her lived experience.

Dr Liz Evans is an Associate Lecturer in English and Writing at the University of Tasmania. A journalist and author, she holds a PhD in Creative Writing, has previously been awarded two Varuna Residential Fellowships, and has a debut novel currently under contract. She is represented by Curtis Brown Australia.

Meg is a communications specialist and creative coach. Her writing is published in Shaping the Fractured Self: poetry of chronic illness and pain and various anthologies. She was longlisted in 2023 Publishable program. Meg was awarded RMIT’s Judy Duffy Award. Meg’s a member of Writers Victoria, IPEd and ASA.

Pip Brennan lives in Perth and graduated with a Literature Degree in 1987. She has enjoyed a varied career in Perth and Europe. Her 2014 memoir, Not My Story will soon be joined by the companion novella, Not His Story completed during the 2021-23 Emerging Writers Program.

Rosemary Argue is an emerging author of Australian historical fiction whose work develops out of place and the natural environment. She grew up with a foot in two cultures which gives her a different perspective of the world: that the common viewpoint is not the only one.

Sreedhevi Iyer has been shortlisted for the SPN Book of the Year Award for The Tiniest House of Time, and the Penang Monthly Book Award for Jungle Without Water. She is two-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize in the US. She lives and works in Melbourne.

Terena Boniwell grew up in a small seaside town in Western Australia. She spent her school days staring out windows dreaming about wild adventures in outlandish places. As an adult she writes about wild adventures and outlandish places, although often you can still catch her staring out her studio window.

Tim Loveday is an award-winning poet, writer, and editor. In 2022 he won the Dorothy Porter Poetry Award. In 2023 he was shortlisted for the David Harold Tribe Poetry Prize and Wyndham Flash Fiction Prize. His work has been widely published. Tim teaches Poetry & Performance at RMIT. Photograph by Samira Stephens

Tina Cartwright lives on Wurundjeri country. She taught Languages and Creative Writing in New Zealand and Mexico. Her work appears in Overland, The Victorian Writer, The Saturday Paper and SBS Voices. Her novel The Krill and the Whale was longlisted for The Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel 2023. Photograph by Martin Mahon

Vanessa McKay is an author living on the Western Australian coast. When she is not at work, Vanessa loves to spend her time walking her dogs, reading, and practicing yoga. Vanessa has trekked in Nepal, tuk-tukked to Angkor Wat, cycled through Laos and took a boat down the Mekong.

Clare Fletcher was born and raised in St George, in regional Queensland, and studied journalism and business at QUT in Brisbane. Her debut novel, the romantic comedy Five Bush Weddings, was published in 2022 by Penguin Random House. Her second novel, Love Match, is published by PRH in September 2023. Photograph by James Alcock

Colleen Smith is a practising barrister with a background in communication based careers, including adult education, oral advocacy and hospitality. Living in northern NSW with her artist husband, Colleen enjoys her day job, reading, writing – and designing and sewing contemporary quilts for friends and family.

JD Cleghorn is a writer living on Wardandi Boojar. Her work has been published by Palgrave Macmillan, and in academic journals. She is currently completing a Master of Creative Writing at Macquarie University. Photograph by Kim Manessis

Originally educated and trained as an architect, Michelle has recently traded the construction of real worlds for more figurative ones. Her fiction investigates the flawed human condition and her relentless obsession with understanding why people do the things they do—particularly the bad things.

Tess Allen is a creative writer who resides in Boorloo (Perth). She enjoys writing flash fiction, short stories and is currently working on her first long form project.

Holly is an Adelaide based writer and PhD candidate in Creative Writing at Flinders University. A wayfaring individual intrigued by life, Holly has held several careers including lawyer, political adviser, environmental manager and teacher. Holly’s work involves writing an autofictional novel and exploring the process of self-transformation from writing.

Jo Stapley has been a Business Storyteller in three continents, but always called Perth home. Like her characters, Jo believes that stories can spark personal transformations. While her two young children sleep, she writes contemporary fiction with quirky characters that bring dry humour to darker subjects.

Nicole David is a writer and musician from Perth with degrees in fine arts and internet studies. She currently works in digital learning and design at Curtin University.