Category Bios

Jo Whitelaw lives in Yinnar, Victoria, on Gunaikurnai land and has a passion for singing and song writing. She enjoys participating in the online poetry forum of Eclectic Creators Unite, both in online submissions and performance. Jo is looking forward…

Jennifer Fell is a poetry-lover who lives in Warragul with six chickens, two cats, three boys and partner Joe.

Gavin Austin was born in South-East Gippsland, Victoria, but now calls Sydney his home. His work has been widely published internationally in literary journals and anthologies, broadcast on Australian Community Radio, and produced for play festivals, and has been successful…

Carl Walsh is a neurodiverse poet who lives and writes on Wurundjeri Country. His poetry has appeared in StylusLit, Westerly, Rabbit, Tokyo Poetry Journal, Wales Haiku Journal, The Madrigal and Meanjin (amongst others). Carl’s first book of poetry, Tarp Green…

Jennifer Sutherland of Victoria, Australia, has been writing haiku since 2010. She has had her work appear in haiku anthologies published by Modern Haiku, Red Moon Press, Haiku Society of America, and Australia Haiku Society, and in a variety of…

Fred Duncan has worked as a botanist in many parts of Australia – since 1977 in Tasmania. He and his wife Mercedes have strong interests in Gondwanic flora and connections. He channels his love for our natural environments, and concern…

Jonathan Cant is a Sydney-based writer, poet and musician. He won the 2023 Banjo Paterson Writing Awards for Contemporary Poetry, was shortlisted in the 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, and longlisted for the 2023 Fish Poetry Prize. His poems have…

Bradlee Jennings was born in American Samoa, raised in Naarm. He’s interviewed Hakim Bellamy, Poet Laureate of Albuquerque. He has poetry in Backstory Journal. He has personal essays, listicles and reviews in SWINE Magazine, and a piece in the Village…

Jan Napier is a Western Australian writer. Her poem ‘Early: A Morning’ won the 2023 KSP Poetry Prize. Jan lives with a cat and tries to grow poems green and graceful as her ferns.

Earl Livings is an award-winning poet and fiction writer widely published in Australia and overseas. His writing focuses on science, history, nature, mythology and the sacred. He has published two poetry collections and a fantasy verse novel. Earl lives in…