Emotional Cities

Peter Timms is the author of several books, including Making Nature: Six Walks in the Bush (2001), What’s Wrong with Contemporary Art? (2004), and most recently Private Lives: Australians at Home Since Federation (2008). Peter lives in Hobart, although he was born and educated in Melbourne. He has... Read more

Kerryn Goldsworthy is a freelance writer and critic, and a former academic who lectured in literature at the University of Melbourne for 17 years. A former editor of Australian Book Review and a member of the editorial team that produced The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature (2009... Read more

Louise Swinn is a journalist, editor, critic and writer, co-founder of Sleepers independent publishers, the Small Press Network, and the Stella Prize. Louise edited Choice Words (Allen & Unwin, 2019), a collection of pieces demystifying abortion, and currently works as a journalist with the Aust... Read more

Delia Falconer is a Sydney-based novelist, essayist and writer of short stories. Born in the late sixties, Delia grew up in a Sydney “caught between a faded Deco age and destruction”. Her first novel, The Service of Clouds (Picador, 1997), set in Sydney’s Blue Mountains, was nominated for majo... Read more

Matthew Condon is an award-winning writer and journalist. Award-winning writer and journalist Matthew Condon is the author of more than ten highly acclaimed books, including novels, non-fiction and short-story collections. He has written for leading newspapers and journals including Brisbane’s... Read more