Izzie Austin is a zinester and postgraduate student. They are one half of the podcast Pill Pop, an audio road trip through the sounds of chronic illness.

Is it a dream or is it a poem?

Ruth McIver recently completed her PhD in the field of true‑crime inspired fiction with Curtin University. Her manuscript 'I Shot the Devil' won the 2018 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers and will be published by Hachette Aus/Tinder/Headline press...

Melissa Keil is a writer and children’s book editor. She is the author of three YA novels: Life in Outer Space, The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl and The Secret Science of Magic.

Four celebrated Australian writers will headline the National Writers' Conference on June 20 as part of the 2020 Emerging Writers’ Festival

Millie Baylis is a writer and arts worker, living on Wurundjeri land. She writes essays, memoir and commentary.

Alice Muhling (she/her) hails from Gubbi Gubbi country and lives in Melbourne, on Wurundjeri land. She is the Executive Director and co-CEO of Emerging Writers’ Festival.

Pip Grylls (she/they) is a sapling of cyborg energy growing uninvited in Narrm (Melbourne)