Discussing Australian authors, their writing and fandom.
Who is Dionne Lister? Dionne hails from Sydney, is an author, editor, has recently bagged her creative writing degree from Southern Cross University and writes epic fantasy, women’s fiction and suspense/thrillers. She can often be found multitasking by listening to music while writing with a cat on her lap. Some…
Who is Deb Kalin? Deborah Kalin is the author of The Binding books, and her short fiction has appeared in Postscripts Magazine and ASIM. She collects worries and ideas, despite her best efforts not to, and can’t quite stop with the yearning for a pterosaur to call her own. Her…
Who is David Henley? David M Henley has worked as a manure carrier, receptionist, midnight shelf stocker, shirt folder, designer and variously made his way with other acts of digital grifting. He’s one of the original Xoum boys, and co-founder of Seizure; and is now the author of the futurist…
Who is Claire Corbett? Claire Corbett’s novel When We Have Wings was published in 2011 by Allen & Unwin and shortlisted for the 2012 Barbara Jefferis Award and the 2012 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. She writes for The Monthly and is a doctoral candidate at the University…
Who is Charlotte Wood? Charlotte Wood is the author of four novels and a work of non-fiction. Her latest work is a book of essays on cooking, Love & Hunger: Thoughts on the Gift of Food. Her last novel, Animal People, won the People’s Choice medal in the 2013 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, was…
Who is Cat Sparks? Cat Sparks is fiction editor of Cosmos Magazine. She is halfway through a PhD in young adult climate change fiction. Sixty-five of her short stories have been published since 2000. She is currently in a panicked flap making a bunch of agent-directed changes to her novel, Lotus…
Who is Bruce Lyman? Bruce lives in Sydney without a view of the Harbour or the Bridge but, despite these shortcomings and his rural roots, is a devotee of this city. He was a parade ground dodger in the military for more years than he cares to remember, spent time…
