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Megan Forward
Megan Forward Megan Forward is a Meanjin/Brisbane-based illustrator and author of picture books. She blends watercolour, charcoal, pencil, ink, and collage to create stories inspired by everyday details. Her books include A Patch from Scratch and All I Want for Christmas Is Rain (both CBCA Shortlist 2017), Emily Green’s Garden, and more. Megan holds degrees…
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Gary Davis Gary Davis is a retired solicitor and writer whose writing career started at the age of twelve when he won a regional essay competition in 1961, which enabled his mother to fly in a light aircraft from Lismore to Coffs Harbour for the day. He has always loved writing and honed his skills…
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Mark Cunich When Mark Cunich’s first child was born, he became a stay-at-home dad with aspirations of telling imaginative bedtime stories. However, he quickly realised that his newfound levels of exhaustion were restricting his creativity, making it difficult to find inspiration for his stories. He began writing Story Sparks, hist first book, to make bedtime…
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Arun Dhir Dr Arun Dhir is a Surgeon, University Lecturer, Yoga & Meditation Teacher and an Australian Army Officer.  He writes with authenticity and integrity, bringing practical wisdom from the depth and breadth of his experience. Dr Arun’s previous published works include Happy Gut, Healthy Weight and Creating a New You – Health Journal. Dr Arun…
Read MoreSarah Dudley
Sarah Dudley spectator.com.au/author/sarah-dudley/ Since 2014, Sarah Dudley has been the covers editor of The Spectator Australia, the sister publication of the Spectator in the UK, the English-speaking world’s oldest continuously published magazine. She has a long career as a multi-award-winnng advertising writer and film director, winning major gold and silver awards nationally and internationally. She…
Read MoreDeirdre Brandner
Deirdre Brandner Deirdre Brandner is a Psychologist with over 30 years’ experience supporting children of all ages. Deirdre provides evidence-based techniques in Bear’s Toolkit that will help young readers recognise their worries and use the calming tools to manage fear and overthinking. Her passion for books has led her to know that the magic of…
Read MoreMargaret Cunneen
Margaret Cunneen For most of her working life, over 30 years, Margaret Cunneen SC was a Crown Prosecutor in NSW. She prosecuted many noted cases of murder, pedophilia and gang rape and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2007. As a specialist in child sexual assault law, she was appointed Commissioner of the NSW Special Commission…
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Anthony Esolen  Anthony Esolen is a professor of English and a writer in residence at Northeast Catholic College in Warner, New Hampshire, USA. A senior editor of Touchstone magazine, Professor Esolen is known for his verse translations of several epic poems, including the three volumes of Dante’s Divine Comedy (Random House, Modern Library), Tasso’s…
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Keisha Blair www.keishablair.com Keisha Blair is the award-winning, bestselling author of Holistic Wealth: 32 Life Lessons To Help You Find Purpose, Prosperity and Happiness, and the Holistic Wealth Personal Workbook. She is a trained economist with extensive experience in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. She is the founder of the Keisha Blair Institute on…
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Kevin Childs Kevin Childs is the author of eight books, an editor, university lecturer, journalist and media consultant. A former Sunday newspaper Editor and for many years a senior writer with The Age, he lectures in literary journalism and feature writing at RMIT University. Books by Kevin Childs Vietnam
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