Maria Tumarkin is a writer and historian who teaches creative writing at the University of Melbourne. Her books include Otherland, Courage and Traumascapes.

Maxine McKew is a former politician and award-winning journalist and reporter. She is the former host of Lateline and the 7.30 Report. In the 2007 federal election she won the seat in Bennelong, New ...

Guy Rundle is the global correspondent-at-large for Crikey. He is the author of Down to the Crossroads: On the Trail of the 2008 US Presidential Election and two Quarterly Essays, ‘The Opportunist’ ...

Janette Turner Hospital is a Visiting Writer-in-Residence at Columbia University. Her books include Orpheus Lost, Oyster and Forecast: Turbulence, which was published in November 2011.

Megan Davis is a Cobble Cobble woman from Queensland, a pro vice-chancellor and professor of law at UNSW, and a member of the Referendum Council.

Paul Barry is a journalist and investigative reporter. He is the author of Who Wants to be a Billionaire? The James Packer Story and The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer.

Katherine Wilson is the author of Tinkering: Australians Reinvent DIY Culture. She has a PhD in cultural studies. A Melbourne textile lab hopes to transform an environmentally toxic industry by using ...

Andrea Goldsmith is a Melbourne-based author. Her newest novel, The Buried Life, will be published in March 2025.

MJ Hyland is an award-winning novelist. Her books include How Light Gets In, the 2006 Man Booker-shortlisted Carry Me Down and This is How.

Jill Jolliffe is a journalist who has reported on the Balibo Five story for more than 35 years. She has been a correspondent for the Guardian and the BBC. She is the author of Finding Santana and ...

Arnold Zable is an educator and a human rights advocate. He has written several books, including Cafe Scheherazade, Jewels and Ashes, The Fig Tree, Scraps of Heaven and Sea of Many Returns.

Judith Brett is an emeritus professor of politics at La Trobe University. Her latest book is Doing Politics: Writing on Public Life.