Louise is a writer and author who lives in Perth, Western Australia. She is also a writing mentor, manuscript assessor and editor, and workshop facilitator.
Shaeden Berry is a Perth-based writer and author who is passionate about writing that is rooted in place and character. She is the author of the fiction literary crime novel "Down the Rabbit Hole" (Echo Publishing 2024), with a second novel slated for release in 2025. She has been published in three short story anthologies:…
Charmaine Cave is an award-winning graphic designer and the founder of Cave Design. She specialises in book design and illustration for publishers and self-publishers, predominantly in the areas of the arts, architecture, design, gardening, history, natural science and photography, plus children’s books. She can also provide editing, writing and manuscript assessment services.
Andrew Charlton is a Perth-based author who adores all things fantasy. Growing up on Warhammer and locked into the eternal purgatory that is being a forever DM in Dungeons & Dragons, he escapes the constant questions of his players by – you guessed it – writing more fantasy. When he’s not writing, reading or enjoying…
Jay Chesters is an internationally published, award winning, best-selling author of two books, which sounds much more impressive than it is. Jay writes unusual contemporary fiction, weaving together folklore and science fiction with fantasy, horror, and social commentary. Mostly intentionally.
Lisa Collyer is a poet and educator residing in Boorloo (Perth, W.A.). She is an experienced speaker, performance poet, collaborator, and poetry workshop facilitator. Her skills extend to conceptualising and organising library and bookshop events for writers and mentoring, marketing and publicity.
Anna-Nicole is a non-fiction writer based in Perth, Western Australia. She is currently working on her debut memoir as part of the Writing WA Emerging Writers Program 24/25. She is a member of the Katharine Susannah Pritchard Writers’ Centre.
Alan Fyfe is a Jewish Australian author from Boorloo, the unceded country of the Noongar nation. His poetry and prose fiction has received recognition with a number of awards and listings in Australia and internationally. He is the author of a novel, T (Transit Lounge 2022), and a poetry collection, G-d, Sleep, and Chaos (forthcoming,…
John Harman has written for a living all his working life: in advertising, as a journalist in London and New York, and as a film and television scriptwriter. He is also a novelist, having written a number of crime thrillers published by Hodder-Headline, as well as more than thirty non-fiction books. He now works mainly…
Born and bred in Perth, Western Australia, one of my earliest memories was of visiting a bookshop on windy St Georges Terrace, lined with timber bookcases all the way to the ceiling and a spiral staircase leading up to a balcony spanning its circumference. Another memory is sneaking out of the kid's section in the…