Artists & Authors

Every great story starts with a curious mind.

From local creatives to visiting authors, meet the writers, artists and storytellers who'll be joining us in Daylesford and Hepburn Springs this August.

Writer, editor and collage maker

Alice's Journeys

walking tour, history

Theatre maker, writer and performer

Poet, writer and funeral celebrant

Aunty Alison McRae

Artist, storyteller

Researcher, writer and storyteller

Naturopath and herbalist

Author, independent creative and community guide

Writer, independent podcaster and goat wrangler

Claire G Coleman

Fiction, essays, poetry and art criticism

Self publishing collective

Writer, director, and creative artist

Children's author

Children's author

Writer and social worker

Fernanda Dahlstrom

Writer, editor and lawyer

Cultural anthropologist

Writer, speaker and parent

Activist and historian

Liquid Amber Press

Small poetry press

Freelance writer, health researcher, filmmaker and peer worker

Food writer and chef

Copywriter and editor

Farmer, singer, baker and more

Advocate, community broadcaster

Michelle Pleasance

Artist, Illustrator and children's author

Landscape designer, educator, writer and advocate

Olivia De Lesantis

Cosy crime writer

Playwright, writer and performer

Writer, poet, sculptor artist and more

Playwright and MC

Fiction and memoir author

Food journalist and literary agent

Sandra Fiona Long

Writer, theatre maker and artist

Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo

Writer, editor and activist

Shele Parker Black

Writer, educator and community arts producer

Stephanie Preston

Copywriter and editor

Young adult fiction writer, performer

Agroecologist, farmer, meatsmith and activist

Arts journalist, critic, editor and poet

Writer and lawyer

Uncle Ted Laxton

Artist, storyteller

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Join writers, performers and artists from across the country for five days of storytelling in the heart of Djaara Country.

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