Authors and Guests

Debra Oswald

Performer, Writer

Debra Oswald is a two-time winner of the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and creator/head writer of the TV series Offspring.

She has written three adult novels - Useful, The Whole Bright Year, The Family Doctor (2021) – as well as three Aussie Bite books for kids and six children's novels.

Debra’s stage plays have been performed around the world, including Gary’s House and Mr Bailey’s Minder. Debra has also written four plays for young audiences – Dags, Skate, Stories in the Dark and House on Fire.

Her television credits include award-winning episodes of Police Rescue, Sweet and Sour and Bananas in Pyjamas.

Debra’s one-woman show, Is There Something Wrong With That Lady? premiered at the Griffin Theatre in 2021, with a return season at the Ensemble in 2023, following a revival production of her play Mr Bailey’s Minder, starring John Gaden.

 

Debra will be part of Conversations with Creatives on Saturday March 11 at Scone Grammar School, chatting with Richard Glover

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Lauren Forner

Lauren Forner is the fiction, poetry and experimental forms editor at Mona Magazine, a magazine founded in 2020 that explores the female experience in rural Australia

Daisy Turnbull

In January 2021 Daisy’s first book ‘50 Risks to take with your kids’ was released, providing a guide on developing independence and resilience in young children.

Rae Cairns  

Dying to Know, Rae’s second novel, is a standalone Sydney based thriller and centres around a woman’s determination to uncover what happened to her missing sister. 

Tim Elliott

Tim Elliot is an award-winning journalist and author whose work has appeared in London’s The Financial Times, The Sunday Times, and The Australian.

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