Authors and Guests

James McKenzie Watson

Writer

James McKenzie Watson writes fiction with a focus on health and rural Australia. His novel Denizen won the 2021 Penguin Literary Prize and was published by Penguin Random House in 2022. Denizen also received a 2021 Varuna Residential Fellowship and a 2021 KSP Residential Fellowship.

James' short stories have been recognised in Australian and international competitions. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings and the Newtown Review of Books. James co-hosts the writing and health podcast James and Ashley Stay at Home with author Ashley Kalagian Blunt and works as a nurse.

Find him on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

 

James will be a part of the (Looking forward to) My Brilliant Career Panel at SLF 2023

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Our Guests

Hilary Bell

Hilary Bell writes for stage, radio, screen and music theatre. Hilary Bell writes for stage, radio, screen and music theatre. We're proud to have her involved in our Primary Creative Writing Workshop and our Community Storytelling

Catherine Armitage

Catherine Armitage is an award-winning Sydney-based journalist, editor, writer and former foreign correspondent

Simon Cleary

Simon Cleary is a writer and barrister, and the author of three novels, including The Comfort of Figs

Jacinta Parsons

Jacinta Parsons is a broadcaster, writer and public speaker who currently hosts the Afternoon program on ABC Local Radio Melbourne.

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