Authors and Guests

Jo Riccioni

Writer

Jo Riccioni is an award-winning writer of novels and short stories. Her latest adult fantasy duology, The Branded Season, is published internationally. Jo’s short stories have appeared in Best Australian Stories, The Age, and won competitions worldwide, as well as being optioned for short film. Her debut historical novel, The Italians, won the International Rubery Award for Fiction in the UK. Jo has appeared on panels at Supanova, Conflux, Scone and the Northern Beaches Readers Festival, where she has been both a guest and a panel moderator. Jo has had the opportunity to conduct in-conversations with dozens of writers, including Tom Keneally, Favel Parrett, Hannah Richell, Sam Hawke, Stacey McKewan, Amie Kaufman, Freya Marske, Belinda Alexander, Sarah Bailey and James Bradley.

 

In 2025, Jo will be leading our Primary Writers Workshops and moderating 'Don't Look Away'

 

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Daniel O’Malley

On the last day of graduate school, with no papers to grade or thesis left to write, and nothing interesting around to read, I started writing a novel

Joanne Fedler

Joanne Fedler is the internationally bestselling author of 15 books. She is a writing mentor and runs retreats for aspiring women

Camille Bianchi

Camille Bianchi is an independent journalist and producer based in Sydney.

Kat Vella

Kat Vella is the non fiction editor of Mona Magazine, a magazine founded in 2020 that explores the female experience in rural Australia.

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