Meet the Mentors
Meet the Mentors
The Next Chapter is about providing new writers with the time and space to craft their voice and career. It’s about investing in a new generation of writers who will reflect the diversity of Australian identities and experiences. Below are The Next Chapter mentors, who work with writers over 12 months to develop their work and help connect them with publishers and readers.
2024
Mentored Maria van Neerven
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Mentored Laniyuk
Alejandro del Castillo Garza
Mentored Raqiya Ahmed
Amani Haydar
Mentored Claire Cao
Tamsyn Muir
Mentored Jake Corvus
CS Pacat
2021
Mentored Tristen Harwood
Tony Birch
Mentored Jose Da Costa
André Dao
Mentored Brooke Maddison
Peggy Frew
Mentored Anne-Marie Te Whiu
Natalie Harkin
Mentored Jumaana Abdu
Hannah Kent
Mentored Micaela Sahhar
Jeanine Leane
Mentored Josie/Jocelyn Deane
Bella Li
Mentored Monikka Eliah
Zoya Patel
Mentored Luke Patterson
Alison Whittaker
Mentored Mykaela Saunders
Beth Yahp
2020
Mentored Lujayn Hourani
Evelyn Araluen
Mentored Bigoa Chuol
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Mentored Allanah Hunt
Claire Christian
Mentored Mia Nie
Sarah Howell
Mentored Timothy Loveday
Anna Krien
Mentored Angelina Hurley
Shane Maloney
Mentored Khin Myint
Kristina Olsson
Mentored Jonathan Slottje
Bruce Pascoe
Photo by Sharlene Allsopp
Mirandi Riwoe
Mentored Oliver Reeson
Maria Tumarkin
2019
Mentored Meleika Gesa-Fatafehi
Tusiata Avia
Mentored Grace Lee
Duncan Campbell
Mentored Racheal Oak Butler
Michelle Fracaro
Mentored Dan Hogan
Rebecca Giggs
Mentored Sam Elkin
Chloe Hooper
Mentored Jasmin McGaughey
Melissa Lucashenko
Mentored Lorna Munro
Romaine Moreton
Mentored Jasper Wyld
Sally Morgan
Mentored Faina Iligoga
Alice Pung
Mentored Meleika Gesa-Fatafehi
Ellen van Neerven
Mentored Arthur Bolkas
Arnold Zable
2018
Mentored Evelyn Araluen
Tony Birch
Mentored Ara Sarafian
Nick Earls
Mentored Adam Thompson
Cate Kennedy
Mentored Ennis Cehic
Nam Le
Mentored Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Michele Lee
Mentored Lian Low
Rebecca Lim
Mentored Adrian Stanley
Melissa Lucashenko
Mentored Yamiko Marama
Sisonke Msimang
Mentored Jean Bachoura
Maria Tumarkin
Mentored Nayuka Gorrie