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Jan O’Loughlin is a poet and teacher living on Wangal land in Sydney. She taught English in Japan from 1985 to 2010, sometimes utilising poetry. Her haiku and tanka have appeared in many Australian, American and Japanese publications. Jan enjoys…

Hemat Malak writes from her home in Picton, NSW. She found her love of poetry in childhood and now writes with a quiet intensity on diverse themes including motherhood, separation, nature, identity and social issues. Her self-published books have earned…

Helen Rosemary Wood lives in Melbourne, Victoria on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples. In 2023, she successfully self-published a poetry collection including photos and original artwork entitled ‘Spirit of Place.’ She currently works withstudents…

Hazel Hall is an Australian poet, musicologist, editor and international judge of short forms. She recently directed the Poetry at Manning Clark House poetry series in Canberra. She has published five books of poetry and will launch Featherfall (with Moya…

Gwen Bitti is an author and poet. Her haiku and tanka have been published in journals and also online in Australia and overseas journals. Her memoir “Between Two Worlds” was published in May 2023. Gwen enjoys serving her community and…

Gregory Piko lives in Canberra, ACT. His writing was awarded First Prize in the New Zealand Poetry Society’s International Haiku Competition and joint winner in the WB Yeats Poetry Prize. His most recent haiku collection is ‘breaking my journey’ (Red…

Glenn McPherson is a Sydney based poet. He has been widely published in leading Journals and Anthologies. In 2023, he was a finalist in the Gwen Harwood Poetry Competition, shortlisted for the South Coast Writers Poetry Prize. In 2024, his…

Fred Duncan is a botanist/ecologist, who lives near Hobart. He and his wife Mercedes have strong interests in connections between Tasmanian and Patagonian flora and landscapes. He contributed to Catchment Edition 1. He has written several poems in Spanish, including…

Earl Livings is an award-winning poet and fiction writer widely published in Australia and overseas. His writing focuses on science, history, nature, mythology and the sacred. He has published two poetry collections and a fantasy verse novel. Earl lives in…

Christina Yang is a student living in NSW (Dharug country) who attempts to write poetry and short stories as a hobby when she isn’t too busy with schoolwork. Work by this poet