Category Bios

Dijanne Cevaal is a textile artist who has written several instructional books in France and Australia and has exhibited widely. She has been a member of the Time to Write group facilitated by Rodney Williams for the Baw Baw Arts…

Mary Salter has lived in Perth for most of her life and acknowledges the original inhabitants, their manifest knowledge and love of country. She has taught English and Literature and has written all of her life. She has published a…

Rodney Williams (Catchment’s editor) has convened Time to Write for Bbaa, on Gunaikurnai country, and is a member of the Naarm/Melbourne-based haiku group Fringe Myrtles. He’s had poetry published internationally in Western & Japanese forms. Rodney was Feature Poet for…

Celeste Brittain is an emerging writer and poet currently living on Bunurong country (Bass Coast). She’s studying a graduate diploma in journalism at Deakin University. In 2021, she won first prize in Latrobe City’s Power of Words short story competition.

Helen Genoni-Farnham grew up on a farm in Gippsland. She has travelled widely, over many years, but has now returned to the area. She is now happily living in Warragul, with her own garden and her own washing-machine. She hardly…

J F Garrow was born and raised in England, taking degrees in Philosophy and Literature. Garrow now lives in Gippsland with partner and children, and teaches Ethics and Civics. His practice plays with the boundaries between prose and verse and, in…

Kellie Asmussen grew up climbing trees and catching tadpoles on Gunaikurnai country. She has explored and lived on Bunurong, Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung lands, avoiding cities in preference for the country smell. Kellie is committed to improving education for…

Vanessa Proctor is a Sydney poet writing on the traditional lands of the Darramuragal people. She has a special interest in haiku and is a former president of the Australian Haiku Society. Her first collection of free verse is forthcoming…

Jo McInerney is an English and Literature teacher working in Gippsland. She has been writing published haiku, tanka, haibun, and longer verse since 2005.

Gerard Lewis-Fitzgerald was born in Waddawurrung country, Geelong. Retired, he lives in Beaconsfield, Victoria. Prompting by a friend, he began reading at various Melbourne open mics, and posting his poetry in such groups as Eclectic Creators Unite. Gerard, also an…