Westside Writers Salon

Kgshak Akec is a South-Sudanese writer, performing artist, and a lover of words.

Elise is the Executive Officer of the Williamstown Literary Festival.

Sam Elkin is a writer, arts producer and radio maker living in Naarm.

Gareth Morgan is the author of Dear Eileen, and When A Punk Becomes A Spunk, and co-director of Sick Leave.

Lia Dewey Morgan is a poet and writer living on stolen land in Narrm. She grapples with the continuity and chaos present in contemporary living, using poetry as a toolkit to pry open our muddled moment. Her first book, ‘Bath Songs’, was published with local press nomorepoetry.