Shokoofeh Azar is an Iranian-Australian journalist and author, living in Australia since 2010 as an asylum seeker. She is the author of The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree which was published in ...

Denise Love began her professional life as a registered nurse before quickly discovering that it wasn’t just the medicine she offered people – but the kindness that supported healing, or made death ...

Chloe Shorten is a public affairs specialist, and the author of Take Heart: A Story for Modern Stepfamilies. Chloe has been committed to improving the lives of women, children and people with ...

Join Next Chapter recipient Jumaana Abdu for a celebration of her debut novel Translations. Jumaana Abdu’s debut novel Translations follows the lives of Aliyah and her daughter Sakina as they retreat ...

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Kirsty Grant has worked at the NGV in various capacities; as curator of Australian Prints and Drawings from 1994-2007 and since then as Senior Curator of Australian Art. In her current role she has ...

Son Vivienne is a post-doctoral research fellow at RMIT University, working across digital self-representation, online activism, queer identities, and rhetorical strategies/feminist practices for ...

A season of curiosity unleashed. Spring Fling returns for 2024 with wild abandon. This year, we’ve curated a lineup of change-makers, rule-breakers and singular storytellers to challenge your ...

Kim Bullimore is a long-time socialist, political activist and anti-racism campaigner. A Murri woman and an active campaigner for Australian Indigenous rights, Bullimore is also involved in campaigns ...

Ngaree Ah Kit is the current Member for Karama in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly and the Assistant Minister for Suicide Prevention, Mental Health, Disability, Youth and Seniors. She is 36 ...

The Wheeler Centre exists to support writers, readers and thinkers. Through live and digital conversations, debates, readings, performances and discussions, it deepens public engagement with the most ...

Satyajit Das is a globally respected former banker and consultant with over 35 years’ experience in financial markets. He presciently anticipated the Global Financial Crisis as early as 2006, and the ...