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AUTHOR INSIGHT: BANAFSHEH SEROV

Banafsheh Serov is the author of Under a Starless Sky, the true story of her family’s escape from Iran, and The Russian Tapestry, her first

AUTHOR INSIGHT: MEET FIONA PALMER

Country born and bred, Fiona Palmer grew up in Pingaring, Western Australia; her parents carted grain, spread fertiliser and sprayed for local farmers and she

AUTHOR INSIGHT: MEET DAWN BARKER

Released earlier this year, Dawn Barker’s first novel, Fractured, has garnered high praise from readers and reviewers. The child psychiatrist began writing Fractured in 2009 shortly

AUTHOR INSIGHT: ZELIE BULLEN

Zelie Bullen has worked in film and television her entire career. Born and raised in the outskirts of Perth, animals surrounded her life from birth but

AUTHOR INSIGHT: KATE BELLE

Kate Belle describes herself as a ‘passionate author, adequate wife and devoted mum/step-mum’. On her website, The Ecstasy Files, she says she’s a collector of erotic

AUTHOR INSIGHT: MEET DIANNE TOUCHELL

Dianne Touchell has just had her first novel, Creepy & Maud, shortlisted for a Children’s Book Council of Australia Older Reader award. I already knew

AUTHOR INSIGHT: MEET HANNAH RICHELL

 In 2012 Hannah Richell went through the portal that divides ‘normal Sydney woman taking her kids to school’ from ‘internationally bestselling author standing on stage

A PASSION FOR WORDS: MAGAZINE ARTICLE

I’m a contributor to Golden Pen Magazine (online) and recently I had the pleasure of interviewing children’s writer Teena Raffa-Mulligan for its Passion issue. Teena is one of those

AUTHOR INSIGHT: MEET EMMA CHAPMAN

A couple of months ago I read How  to be a Good Wife by Emma Chapman, a book that blew me out of my comfort zone and

AUTHOR INSIGHT: RACHAEL JOHNS

West Australian author Rachael Johns came to my attention when I was organising a schedule for the Stories on Stage events I host at Koorliny Arts Centre. Her