Authors and Guests

PATRICE NEWELL

Writer

Patrice is a well known local resident, author and land manager. Home is the picturesque ‘’Elmswood Farm” at Gundy, which Newell runs as a biodynamic farming enterprise.  In 2015 Newell earned a doctorate at the University of Newcastle in Environmental Science: A strategic assessment of the potential for a new pyrolysis industry in the Hunter valley.  Patrice is a regular speaker and advocate for climate change within the agricultural sector, and an accomplished write. Her published books include ‘The Olive Grove’, ‘The River’, ‘Ten Thousand Acres’, ‘Tree To Table’’ and ‘Who’s Minding The Farm’.

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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.

Dr. Anika Molesworth

Dr Anika Molesworth is a thought-leader of food systems resilience, a researcher in international agricultural development, an awarding winning author, and a sought-after keynote speaker.

Paula Bevan

Paula J Beavan grew up in the Hunter Valley, where her love of reading and a good yarn inspired a desire to write.

Lev Grossman

Lev Grossman is an American writer living in Sydney, writing primarily literary fantasy

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