Kristy Nita Brown is an author and creative entrepreneur passionate about storytelling and education. Her debut book Looking for Lily was shortlisted for the 2023 WAYRBA, and The Hole Truth won the 2025 CYA Competition (Published category). She was also the 2025 Love to Read Local Month Children’s Writer-in-Residence. Founder of the Book Builders Challenge,…
I specialise in making complex ideas accessible, engaging, and memorable. The author of 15+ books, ranging from biographies and non-fiction to graphic novels and fantasy, I bring creativity, resilience and storytelling to life through fun and dynamic keynotes and workshops.
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.
Viki Cramer is a writer and ecologist whose work seeks to understand how both the human and more-than-human world can flourish in the landscapes we share. She is the author of The Memory of Trees: The Future of Eucalypts and Our Home Among Them, which was shortlisted for Book of the Year in the WA…
Amanda Curtin is the author of three novels (SIX DAYS, ELEMENTAL and THE SINKINGS), a collection of short stories (INHERITED), and a work of creative non-fiction (KATHLEEN O’CONNOR OF PARIS). She has also worked in publishing for more than 30 years as a freelance book editor. She occasionally conducts workshops and masterclasses for writers and…
Annie de Monchaux lives in South Fremantle. Amongst other things she is the mother of three (now adult) children, a nature lover, dog owner, Francophile, and big fan of the ordinary for its extraordinariness. Previous lives include ex-nurse, ex-mural artist in London, Israel, Australia.
With more than 20 books of fiction, a fair number of awards and accolades, and a quarter-century of publishing experience, Rosanne Dingli now enjoys mentoring and public speaking in between creating her regular releases.