National Writers’ Conference

Adolfo Aranjuez is an editor, writer, speaker and dancer.

Isobel Beech is a writer and editor living on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung land.

Kanika is an avid reader, occasional writer, and all around curious person.

Debra Dank is a Gudanji/Wakaja woman, married to Rick, with three adult children and two grandchildren.

Alaina Gougoulis is a senior editor and has worked with Text Publishing since 2009.

Sophie Hamley has worked as a bookseller, editor, writer, content producer and web producer.

Victoria Hannan is a writer and photographer living in Melbourne.

Jess Ho is a freelance writer, journalist and critic.

Dan Hogan (they/them) is a writer and teacher from San Remo, NSW (Awabakal and Worimi Country).

Julie is a Burruberongal woman of Darug Aboriginal nation. She is a novelist, playwright, and poet.

Yumna Kassab is a writer from Sydney. She is the author of The House of Youssef, Australiana and The Lovers.

Fiona Kelly McGregor’s most recent novel Iris, is shortlisted for the NSW Premiers Awards and was longlisted for the Stella Prize.

Bella Li is the author of Argosy, Lost Lake, and Theory of Colours.

Laura McPhee-Browne is a writer, social worker and counsellor living on Wurundjeri land.

Ellen is a Guringai (Garigal/Walkeloa) writer and editor living on Bidjigal land.

Jinghua Qian (ey/eir/em) is a writer who works across prose, verse, audio and television.

Melanie Saward is a proud descendant of the Bigambul and Wakka Wakka peoples. She is a writer, editor, and university lecturer based in Tulmur (Ipswich), Queensland.

Ronnie Scott’s first novel The Adversary was shortlisted for a Queensland Literary Award and the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, and his second novel is called Shirley.

Prithvi Varatharajan is a poet, essayist/critic, and sometimes literary audio producer who lives in Melbourne.

Dženana Vucic is a Bosnian-Australian writer, poet and critic

Sarah Walker is a writer, artist and photographed based in Naarm/Melbourne.

Vyshnavee Wijekumar is a freelance critic, arts worker and writer of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage.

Jessica Zhan Mei Yu is a writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.