Authors and Guests

Suzanne Leal

Moderator/ Host, Writer

SUZANNE LEAL is the author of novels The Watchful Wife, The Teacher’s Secret and The Deceptions, winner of the Nib People’s Choice Prize.  Her novel for junior YA readers, Running with Ivan, is on the Children’s Book Council of Australia Notables List for Younger Readers and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s History Awards and the ARA Historical Novel Prize. An experienced facilitator and interviewer, Suzanne is the founder of Thursday Book Club, a relaxed book club connecting readers online. Her new novel for junior YA readers, The Year We Escaped, will be released in June 2025. www.suzanneleal.com

 

Suzanne will be leading the Emerging Writers Workshop in 2025 and moderating Wild Country & Safe Places including Nardi Simpson, Jen Cowley & Julie Janson.  She will also feature in 'How the Light Gets In'

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Our Guests

Alexandra Joel

 Alexandra Joel is a former editor of the Australian edition of Harper’s Bazaar and of Portfolio, Australia’s first magazine for working women.

Gail Holmes

Unable to get back to sleep one night, Gail started writing short stories about living in Shanghai. As this writing habit continued to grow, she attended short courses at the City College of Literature in London and then later studied the Melbourne University’s Master of Creative Writing, Editing and Publishing programme

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

Jo Riccioni

Jo’s short stories have appeared in Best Australian Stories, The Age, and won competitions worldwide, as well as being optioned for short film

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