Kalinda Ashton, Roger Averill, Claire Thomas and Chris Womersley

Kalinda Ashton’s first novel, The Danger Game, was published in August 2009 (Sleepers). Her short stories have been widely published, in literary journals and anthologies including Meanjin, The Sleepers Almanac, Overland, Strange and Hecate, and they have been broadcast on ABC Radio. Kalinda has a... Read more

Roger Averill works as a freelance researcher, editor and writer. He is the author of Boy He Cry: An Island Odyssey, an account of his time spent living on the remote Melanesian island of Nuakata. The book was recently broadcast on ABC Radio Nationals’ First Person. His debut novel, Keeping Faith ... Read more

Claire Thomas has published short stories in various journals, including Meanjin, Island, Overland and Australian Short Stories. Fugitive Blue – which was longlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Award and the winner of the 2009 Dobbie Award – is her first novel. ... Read more

Chris Womersley is the bestselling author of the novels The Low Road, Bereft, Cairo, The Diplomat and City of Crows, and the short story collection A Lovely and Terrible Thing. He has been published in the UK, US and Europe, has received the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction, an Indie Awar... Read more