Writers

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Cath Drake is from Perth and lives in London, UK. The Shaking City (Seren Books), longlisted in the international Laurel Prize, highly commended in the UK Forward Prize, followed Sleeping with Rivers, Poetry Book Society choice, winner of the Seren/Mslexia pamphlet prize. Published widely in anthologies and literary journals internationally, Cath is also a mindfulness teacher, an award-winning environmental writer and she hosts The Verandah, quality online poetry events.

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Eoin Flannery is a Professor of Irish Literature based in Limerick, Ireland. He has published 12 books of literary criticism on modern and contemporary Irish fiction and poetry, with a special interest in environmentalism. He is currently preparing a collection of poetry entitled, Unshadow.

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Scott-Patrick Mitchell was Highly Commended in the 2024 Blake Poetry Prize and was a 2022 Red Room Poetry Felowship. Their debut poetry collection Clean (Upswell Publishing, 2022) was shortlisted for The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, The WA Premier’s Book Awards and The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. SPM is a queer non-binary immigrant who lives and writes on Whadjuk Noongar Country.

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Andrew Leggett is an Australian writer and editor of poetry, fiction, interdisciplinary academic paper and songs. His latest collection of poetry Losing Touch was published by Ginninderra Press in 2022. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry.

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Esther Ottaway is a Tasmanian/lutruwita poet, editor and mentor who has won or been shortlisted for global prizes including the Tom Collins, Woorilla, MPU International, Mslexia, Bridport, Montreal, and Tim Thorne Prize for Poetry. Her acclaimed new collection, She Doesn’t Seem Autistic, poetically lifts the lid on bright girls with hidden autism, who are going undiagnosed and unsupported in a medical system designed for boys. In 2024, Esther will release a landmark anthology of disability writing, co-edited with Andy Jackson and Kerri Shying, titled Raging Grace: Australian writers speak out on disability (Puncher & Wattmann).

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Michael Leibowitz was born and educated in South Africa where he worked as a medical practitioner. He and his family emigrated first to New Zealand and then to Australia. Leibowitz started writing poetry during the Covid pandemic. He has published two books of poetry – Looking In and Wardrobe of Secrets. His work has also been published in various anthologies.

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Shyamal is a creative with a passion for playing with words, narratology, and postmodern writing. She is acutely sensitive to form and loves experimenting with concrete poetry. She has had several poems published in anthologies in Australia and the U.S. She is currently working on her debut novel.

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