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Time and date: Wednesday 29 January 2014 Time: 6.30-8pm Who: Writer, author, speaker, coach and blogger Natalie Sisson, founder of popular blog, ‘The Suitcase Entrepreneur’. In 2013, Natalie lived in over 14 countries. Leaving her hometown of New Zealand in 2006, she’s been dubbed ‘The Suitcase Entrepreneur’, travelling the world,

Time and date: Tuesday 1 April 2014 Although the official time is from 6.30pm to 8pm, you are welcome to stay as long as you like – and we imagine many of you will! Who: Tristan Bancks is an author of books for children and teens. He has a background

We’re holding a FREE Perth Information Night and Meet-up Time and date: Monday 20 January 2014 Time: 6.30-8pm Who: Meet Australian Writers’ Centre National Director Valerie Khoo and State Director – WA Alecia Hancock.
 They’ll be speaking about the Centre’s launch in Perth and answering any questions you may have.

Caroline Overington is an award-winning journalist, magazine editor and author. She has twice been awarded a Walkley Award for investigative journalism – in 2004 for for her investigation into the author Norma Khouri (along with Malcolm Knox) and in 2006 for her coverage of the Australian Wheat Board Scandal –

A prodigious children’s book writer with well over 100 titles across a variety of genres to her credit, Jackie French is best known for her 1999 novel Hitler’s Daughter, which was awarded the 2000 CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers. Another of her books, To the Moon and

Born in Italy in 1959, Diego Marani is a man of many talents. A highly regarded translator, he is the creator of Europanto, a mock ‘international auxiliary language’ (a language invented for use by people who don’t share a common mother tongue), in which he has published short stories, articles

Deborah Levy began her creative career as a playwright in 1981 when she left the Darlington College of Arts to write plays including Pax, Call Blue Jane, Shiny Nylon and Heresies: Eva and Moses, which was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1987. While her plays were acclaimed for their “intellectual rigour,

An award-winning Australian writer, novelist, storyteller, and human rights advocate, Arnold Zable combines a prodigious creative output with extensive human rights advocacy work. Recently appointed as a Vice-Chancellor’s fellow at the University of Melbourne following his completion of doctorate in Creative Arts, he is the author of a broad range

Acclaimed for the ‘fearless honesty of her work’, Krissy Kneen has worked across a number of different writing genres. The author of Steeplechase (2013), she has also written a collection of erotica Swallow the Sound (2007), a memoir Affection: A Memoir of Love, Sex & Intimacy (2009), which was shortlisted for the 2010

Michael Robotham is an Australian crime fiction writer. His latest book is Watching You, a terrifying thriller featuring clinical psychologist Joe O’Loughlin who has appeared in many of Michael’s previous books. Michael began his writing life as a journalist, then moved into ghost writing. As a ghost writer, he wrote 15

Jane Gleeson-White is an Australian author and blogger. Her latest book is Double Entry: How the merchants of Venice shaped the modern world – and how their invention could make or break the planet, an exploration of the history of double-entry bookkeeping. She has also published two books about books –

The winner of the inaugural Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript Award in 2011, Hannah Kent spent a transformative year at the age of 18 in Sauðárkrókur, Iceland as part of the Rotary Exchange Program. During her time in the country, she came across the story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last woman

A co-founder and co-director of the annual Jaipur Literature Festival in India, William Dalrymple has an eye for history and an ability to make it come alive. The British historian, writer and curator’s latest book, The Return of a King, The Battle for Afghanistan (2012) is testament to his talent for artfully

Ashley Hay is a Brisbane author of both fiction and non-fiction books. Her latest novel is The Railwayman’s Wife, a story set in the NSW coastal town of Thirroul in the years following WWII. Ashley’s first novel, The Body in the Clouds, was nominated for several awards when it was published in

Karen Turner is a Melbourne-based author who, after 20 years working in financial services, shifted her focus to writing just a few years ago. As an escape from the corporate writing she was doing, she began writing short stories and, in 2009, published her first collection All That and Everything. Many

Jessica Shirvington is the author of the popular Embrace series for young adults. This five-book series follows the life of Violet Eden, a young woman who, on turning 17, discovers she’s Grigori – part angel and part human. The first book in the series, Embrace, was picked up by author agent Selwa Anthony

Emma Hopkin fell in love with books as a young child, a love affair which has shown no signs of abating in the intervening years. Currently the Managing Director of Bloomsbury Children’s and Educational Publishing at Bloomsbury Publishing, she has channelled this enduring love of literature into a successful career

A journalist of 35 years standing, who has worked for a number of publications, Helen Trinca is currently the Managing Editor of The Australian. A well-regarded author of a number of non-fiction books, she has previously co-authored Waterfront: The Battle That Changed Australia (2000) with Anne Davies, which has been made into a