Meet the KSP Team
Lisa Wolstenholme
Chairperson
Lisa is a multi-published author of contemporary fiction. She was previously on the KSP foundation’s Board of Management and also ran the Wild Weeds Press trial service for the centre. She then took a break from the Board and went on to co-direct another small publishing company before taking the helm of Dragonfly Publishing.
Alia Bath
Vice Chairperson
Alia is a writer and cellist who has made her home in the Perth hills. Her main interest as a writer is in speculative fiction, with a few recent diversions into epic poetry and graphic novels. With a degree in communications and a background in project management, she is trying to manage herself into publication. If only she could stop reading for long enough she might make it happen.
Jake Liddelow
Treasurer
Jake joined the KSP team in 2019. He is currently a final year commerce student with majors in finance and accounting at the University of Western Australia.
Sue Clapton
Secretary
Sue is a retired social worker who has turned to her love of writing while enjoying time with her grandchildren. She has not settled on her preferred writing genre, and has written speculative fiction, crime short stories, has self-published a novelette, and is currently finishing a contemporary Australian romance series. She joined the board of KSP in 2026, and is also an active member of the Write or Die Author’s Group in Perth.
Mardi May
Board of Management
In 1994, Mardi joined the Thursday Night Group. Then in 2008, she was asked to come to a committee meeting to ‘make up the numbers’ and has been there ever since. At that time, she also became a member of the Literary Advisory Committee as a selector for the writers in residence, standing down at this AGM. Mardi facilitated the social history group for 20 years and currently the poetry group since its inception in 2008. She has published 19 books in these genres. Mardi is a Life Member and KSP is her other life.
Rebekah Sheedy
Board of Management
Rebekah brings a broad range of skills and experience in publishing and editing, having worked for several Western Australian publishing initiatives, as well as in customer service and public administration. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Editing and Electronic Publishing from Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Literary and Cultural Studies from Curtin University. Rebekah has volunteered with KSP since 2018 and joined the Board in 2023. She values contributing to an organisation that supports writers’ development and fosters creative connections.
Matthew Tomich
Board of Management
Matthew is a communications and engagement professional with a career spanning community radio, regional arts and the public sector. He is a former General Manager of the National Young Writers' Festival and a previous Board Member of Youth Work WA and Propel Youth Arts WA. He joined the KSP Board in 2025.
David Lloyd
Board of Management
David was privileged to have a career in the State public service which was also a vocation, retiring as an Executive Director Corporate Governance in the education sector. The KSP writing group he joined in 2024 is a joy. David became a Board member in October 2025. Board and staff share a commitment to KSP as a wonderful community resource.
Michaela Ironwood
Coordinator | Youth Tutor
Michaela first joined KSP in 2025 as part of the Lit Com panel, then as the Youth Tutor. In January 2026, she was proud to step into the role of Coordinator. She was one of Writing WA’s Emerging Writers Program participants for 2024/25, has a BA in Creative Writing, and her debut YA novel will be published with Elephant Page Publishing by 2028. She is passionate about supporting emerging and young writers, so she has continued to fill the role of Youth Tutor at KSP and volunteers to teach young writers at Peter Cowan Writers Centre.
Shannon Britza
Chief Financial Officer
Shannon brings extensive not-for-profit finance and governance expertise to her role as Chief Financial Officer at the KSP Writers' Centre. Having first joined the organisation as a volunteer newsletter editor in 2012, she became the longest-serving employee—as Coordinator and then CEO from 2013 to 2022—and was awarded Life Membership in 2022 for outstanding service. A published short-fiction author with a Bachelor of Writing from Edith Cowan University, Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping and Golden Key International Honour Society membership, Shannon remains deeply committed to supporting Western Australia's writing community and preserving the Centre's literary heritage.
Emma Hassner
Executive Assistant
​Emma has been an active volunteer within the Shire of Mundaring since 2011 and a KSP member since 2019. After facilitating the NWC writing group for 2023 she started the Sugar to Spice romance writing group in February 2024. When she isn’t running around after her three children, two dogs and husband, she can be found at KSP writing or supporting writers on their creative journey.
Prof Glen Phillips
Patron
Professor Glen Phillips is an internationally known poet, fiction writer, teacher and Director of the Landscape Centre at Edith Cowan University. At the first KSP Committee Meeting on 14 August 1985, Glen was elected as Chairperson. Over the years, Glen has guided the Board of Management as needed and supported the Centre’s activities.
VACANT POSITIONS
Volunteer Gardeners
We are currently seeking garden volunteers! Please email the KSP office to express interest.
KSP Life Members
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Charles Staples (RIP)
Glen Phillips
Sally Clarke (RIP)
Christopher Prince
Eris Macdonald
Christopher Oakeley
Collin O’Brien (RIP)
Mardi May
Shannon Britza
Fern Pendragon
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