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.

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

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Our Guests

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

Mandy Bishop

Homegrown Hunter talent, Mandy Bishop, will be joining the 2023 Scone Literary Festival in Conversations with Creatives

Geraldine Doogue

Geraldine has carved out an enviable reputation across print, television and radio, starting on “The West Australian” in Perth, before moving to The Australian, ABC’s Nationwide, 2UE, Channel 10 news, hosting ABC TV’s Compass program and continuing in various roles on ABC RN and via podcasting.

Catherine Armitage

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

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