WRITERS FESTIVAL

Santo Cazzati is a spoken word artist. The son of Italian immigrants to Australia, he emerged from p

Fotis at the Festival: Sat 7 Jun | Gary Foley and Fotis Kapetopoulos in conversation

Thanasis at the Festival: Sat 8 Jun | Book Launch: Tom Petsinis’ Steles / Dimitris Troaditis Λ

Alex is a Canadian-Australian writer who has published fiction, poetry, reviews, and essays both onl

Alex Skovron was born in Poland in 1948, lived briefly in Israel, and came to Australia aged nine. H

Dimitri Troaditis is working in the Greek-Australian media. He is been extensively pub-lished in Gre

Sista Zai Zanda is a storyteller, educator and radio producer. She hosts and curates the Pan Afrikan

Ouyang Yu is a Chinese-Australian translator, academic and writer. His books include, New and Select

Chi Vu is an award-winning writer and director whose works span genres such as the postcolonial goth

Lucy Van writes about poetry and photography. She is a Melbourne Research Fellow at the School of Cu

Maria Tumarkin is a writer, reviewer and essayist. She holds a PhD in cultural history and teaches c

Nick Tsiavos is a bassist and composer whose work operates at the intersections of a number of cultu

Ling Toong’s poems have appeared in Cordite Poetry Review, Dash Literary Journal, the Quarterl

Benjamin Theolonious Sanders (IQ) Is an expat American poet and former slam champion, educator, publ

Krishnamurthy Prasad is an Indian-born spoken word artist and performer whose work is based on decon

Hoa Pham is the award-winning author of seven books and a play so far. Her first adult novel Vixen (

Tom Petsinis has published seven collections of poetry, including Four Quarters, which won the Wesle

Jim Pavlidis is an artist who has worked for The Age newspaper for over 25 years. He has held 20 sol

П. O.  is a Greek-Australian, working class, anarchist poet. His work ranges from ‘conceptual&

Helen Nikas is an academic and the publisher at Owl Publishing, an independent house that publishes

George Mouratidis is a Greek-born poet, translator and researcher. He has taught cultural studies at

Stavros Messinis is a multi award-winning journalist, photographer and poet. He studied journalism,

George Megalogenis is a journalist, political commentator and author. His books include, The Longest

Kent MacCarter is a writer and editor in Castlemaine, with his wife and son. He’s the author o

Tes Lyssiotis is a playwright and theatre director. Lyssiotis has worked as a secondary school drama

Bella Li is the author of Argosy, which won the 2018 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry a

Hung Le, the world’s first, best and tallest Vietnamese comic guarantees to spin your mind, dazzle y

One of Australia’s most adventurous sopranos, Deborah Kayser’s music practices span the

George Kouvaros is Professor of Film Studies in the School of the Arts and Media. Located at the int

Personally, Will Kostakis is ready to catch a ball two seconds after it’s hit him in the face. Profe

Maria Katsonis is the author of The Good Greek Girl. She is also a weight lifter and a mental-health

Vrasidas Karalis is Sir Nicholas Laurantus Professor and Chair of Department for Modern Greek at the

Dean Kalimniou is a Melbourne-born poet who writes his poetry in the Greek language while also being

Dmetri Kakmi is a writer and editor. The fictionalised memoir Mother Land was shortlisted for the NS

Hariklia Heristanidis is a Melbourne-born writer. Her novella and short story collection, All Window

Tina Giannoukos has published two collections of poetry. Her second collection, Bull Days, was short

Gary Edward Foley is an Australian Aboriginal Gumbainggir activist, academic, writer and actor. He i

Dr. Christos Fifis teaches Greek Studies in the School of Historical and European Studies, La Trobe

John Englezos is a freelance photographer, a spoken word poet and Melbourne’s 2015 Poetry Slam Champ

Dr Konstandina Dounis is an academic, author and literary translator. She conducted seminars on Gree

Andrea Demetriou is a poet, music performer, journalist and political activist. She was born in Cypr

Dylan is a Kokatha (Gugada) Aboriginal/Greek woman from the far west coast of South Australia. She i

Anna Chatzinikolaou has been teaching Greek at tertiary level (mainly at the University of Melbourne

Lella Cariddi is a writer, researcher, curator, installation artist, and Community Cultural Developm

Effie Carr is a Sydney lawyer and author. Her first book Stamatia X was published to acclaim in 2018

Michelle Cahill is an Australian writer of Indian origin. Her short stories, Letter to Pessoa won th

Tony Birch is the acclaimed author of Ghost River, Shadowboxing and Blood. He is a frequent contribu

Dina Amanatides (OAM) is the doyenne of “first generation” Greek Australian literature.

Dr Michael Mohammed Ahmad is the founder and director of Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement