Joanna Morrison lives in Perth, Western Australia, with her husband and two sons. After a career in print journalism, Joanna completed a Creative Writing PhD in 2014. Since then, her short fiction has appeared in literary journals and anthologies around Australia and has been shortlisted or nominated for various prizes, including the Margaret River Press…
Rebecca M. Newman is a poet and short story writer, writing for children and adults. Her work has appeared in anthologies and magazines in Australia and internationally.
Sally Newman is the founder and creative director of First Line Productions; a professional story telling and performance consultancy. She is a local Perth writer and mentor with a passion for finding stories that evolve from authentic and real moments and lived experiences. Developing her port folio to include ghost writing, workshops, mentoring and writers…
Barry Nicholls is a former A-grade district cricketer who has written about sport for three decades. He was a broadcaster on ABC Radio for nearly 20 years. Barry has written ten books, including Second Innings: On men, mental health and cricket, The Establishment Boys: The other side of Kerry Packer's Cricket Revolution and For Those…
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…