Category Bios

Rachel Skellett is an aspiring poet living in Goomburrup, Bunbury, Western Australia. Rachel acknowledges the Wardandi Noongar Aboriginal people who have lived in the South West for over 45 000 years. Inspired by their knowledge of the land, native flora…

Jay Young is a freelance writer and editor who lives between Sydney and Istanbul, and he is currently studying professional writing and visual culture at Curtin University. His first poem, ‘Down’, was published in the University of Canberra’s Vice Chancellor’s…

Fred Duncan has worked as a botanist in many parts of Australia – since 1977 in Tasmania. He has strong interests in Gondwanic connections of landscapes and flora, and with his wife Mercedes (from Argentina) has travelled regularly to South…

Samantha Sirimanne Hyde was born in Sri Lanka and now lives in the unceded land of the Wallumedegal people in NSW. She holds an M.A. in Creative Writing, has published free verse, short fiction and a novel, The Lyrebird’s Cry.…

Carl Walsh is a neurodiverse poet who lives and writes in Northcote on Wurundjeri Country. Carl’s poetry has appeared in StylusLit, Westerly, Rabbit, Tokyo Poetry Journal, Wales Haiku Journal and Meanjin (amongst others). His first book of poetry, Tarp Green…

Veronica Troup is an emerging poet who lives and writes on unceded Boonwurrung Country. Her writing examines ideas of women, invisibility and place. In 2024 she was longlisted for The Grieve Project, Hush Foundation & Liquid Amber Poetry Prize. She…

Maria Bonar’s poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction has been published in Creatrix, Award Winning Australian Writing, Catchment – Poetry of Place, Rochford Street Review, BootsnAll, numerous anthologies and online publications. A former CEO, social health researcher and parole officer,…

Hemat Malak is an accountant and poet, writing from Picton, NSW. She writes on themes of identity, motherhood and life. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming in Quadrant Magazine, Rattle, Rochford Street Review, Catchment and anthologies including WestWords…

wanda amos lives in Old Bar, NSW. Her haiku and tanka have been published in several online blogs, forums and journals. Now retired, she enjoys travel, beach and bush walking, photography and haiku writing. Her Websites: wandas wandarings on Facebook…

Stephanie Powell is a poet based in Naarm Her latest collection is Invisible Wasp (Liquid Amber Press, 2024). Short-listed for the Woollahra Digital Literary Awards Poetry Prize, she is the recipient of the 2024 Woorilla Poetry Prize. atticpoet.com