Rafael Epstein is a celebrated television and radio journalist who has worked for many years at the ABC on their news and current affairs shows, including the 7.30 Report, Foreign Correspondent and Lateline. He has won two Walkley Awards for his work with ABC radio. He currently hosts the Drive program on 774 ABC Melbourne.
Kate Grenville is one of Australia’s most celebrated authors. Her bestselling novel The Secret River has been published in more than twenty countries and received numerous awards, including the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Her novel The Idea of Perfection won Britain’s prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction. Her other acclaimed novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Lilian’s Story, Dark Places and Joan Makes History.
Claudia Karvan has been working in the Australian film and television industry since 1980 as an acclaimed actor, producer and director of multi-award winning television series. She was creator, producer and star of Love My Way and Spirited, and produced the mini-series House of Hancock. She is currently producing Doctor Doctor, a ten part drama.
Fiona Stager is the co-owner of Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe. She is the immediate past-president of the Australian Booksellers Association. Fiona lives in West End, Brisbane, with her family, five chickens and a native bee hive.
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