Cirrus@Austlit

'Caroline Wood is the Co-founder and Director of The Centre for Stories. She has degrees in art history and psychology, and, for many years, she worked at The Centre for Water Research at the University of Western Australia. There, she administered projects that improved the quality of the Derbarl Yerrigan, or Swan River, the main freshwater body in the city of Perth. She has also been the President of Amnesty International in Western Australia, a board member of the Small Press Network, and the publisher of Margaret River Press.' (Introduction)

'Zainab Zahra Syed is a performance poet, writer, and educator. In 2015, she was a finalist in the Australian Poetry Slam, and, in 2017, she joined Performing Lines WA as a performing arts producer. We caught up with Zainab to talk about movement, home, belonging, poetry, family, and why we need visionaries for today’s world.'

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'Elizabeth Tan is a prose writer who teaches at Curtin University. She is interested in science fiction, social reality, and cultural anxieties. Elizabeth is the author of Rubik from Brio Books, and has published in Voiceworks, Westerly, The Lifted Brow, Sleepers, Almanac, Overland, Seizure, Best Australian Stories and Tincture.' (Introduction)

'Anchuli Felicia King is a multi-disciplinary artist and playwright. With six productions this year, Felicia has rocketed onto the global stage as a young Thai-Australian self-described “theatre-maker.”

'Whitney McIntosh spoke to Felicia about her recent play White Pearl, which debuted in London earlier this year, and Golden Shield, which is coming to the Melbourne Theatre Company in September.' (Introduction)