Andrew O'Connell is the author of the 'Eventyr' series of short stories. 'Eventyr' is the Danish word for fairy tales - and a nod to Hans Christian Andersen - but, defined by his readers, an 'Eventyr' is "a clever, insightful, intriguing, uplifting, and often ethereal short story with an unexpected ending". Andrew is also an…
Sandi Parsons lives and breathes stories, as a reader, writer and storyteller.
Julie's creative palette is her diversity of practice led by a life-long interest and commitment to exploration of the act of creation in its many semblances. Julie's recent work in biography is informed by her academic background and arts practice in visual and public art, integrated with design for performance. This diversification in studio practice…
Joanne is a writer who specialises in historical fiction set in Western Australia. Hawkeye Publishing released her debut novel, Black Wattle, in August 2025. Audible distributed an audiobook worldwide in September, and Read How You Want published it in a large-print format. In 2024, her short story, Savage Daughter, received a longlisting for The West…
Karen has been professionally working with words since 2011, but has loved them all her life. As a freelance copyeditor, she edits fiction, non-fiction, memoir and particularly welcomes anything with a spiritual content. Having self-published several of her own books, she guides clients through this process and is available for workshops on self-publishing. She can…
Dr Glen Phillips is a poet and professor, born 1936 in Southern Cross, Western Australia. He has taught all his working life (incl. 53 years at ECU) and is internationally published, with some 40 books, 10 short stories and hundreds of poems. Director of Edith Cowan University’s International Centre for Landscape and Language, his books…
Teena Raffa-Mulligan is a reader, writer and daydream believer with a life-long love of storytelling in all its forms. She writes for children and adults and her publications range from poetry and short stories to picture books, novels and short romances. Her writing life has also included a long career in journalism. Teena is an…
Dr. Sarah Rossetti has for many years written as a multi award winning screenwriter, with major produced credits in many genres. She is also an educator and script editor and an emerging artist (acrylics). In 2009, she attained her PhD at Murdoch University, and in 2024, Sarah's debut novel, "Nullarbor Pearl", was published by Interactive…
Guy Salvidge’s intermittently award-winning writing has most recently appeared in Teacher, Teacher and Ourselves: 100 Micro Memoirs. His most recent book is a historical novel, Diemens. Guy recently completed a PhD in Creative Writing at Curtin University. He lives on Ballardong Noongar Boodja.
Vanessa is the author of a newly published high contrast baby board book. Her work is specifically for babies and toddlers and is designed especially for little eyes, hands and minds. She has plans to publish another board book. So watch this space!