Born in the UK, bred in Aotearoa, Ahilan Karunaharan is a writer, actor, director and producer of Srilankan Tamil descent. From intimate encounters to large-scale epics, pioneering works for the South Asian community, international arts festivals, immersive participatory installations and […]
Marolyn Krasner was born in downtown Los Angeles in 1974 and has lived in New Zealand since 2004. Her queer-focused stories, which have been published in several anthologies, are strategically crafted to make you laugh, or not. Her novel The Radicals, […]
Elizabeth Heritage is a Pākehā freelancer in te ao pukapuka (the NZ book trade / publishing industry / literary circles / media) helping kaituhi (writers) get published. She identifies as bisexual and whaikaha (disabled). Elizabeth is based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and […]
Kassie Hartendorp (Ngāti Raukawa) grew up in Whanganui and is based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She is a renowned community activist and organiser working in the areas of youth, takatāpui, anti-racism, workers rights and housing. She is a former youth worker […]
Joanne Drayton is an award winning, New York Times bestselling author who has published six books and numerous chapters and articles. She has curated exhibitions and publishes in art history, theory and biography. Jo was awarded a National Library Fellowship […]
Brent Coutts is an historian and poet. His latest book, Crossing the Lines: The story of three homosexual New Zealand soldiers in World War II, has been enthusiastically received, while an earlier book Protest in New Zealand includes a chapter on the advancement […]
Henrietta (Etta) Bollinger is a writer and disability rights advocate. Etta has had poems appear in Starling, Mimicry and Scum magazines and plays staged in New Zealand, Australia and the UK. Etta lives with two other advocates and one sympathetic cat. Etta is currently writing a […]
Chris Brickell is Professor of Gender Studies at Otago University. He has published widely on the history and sociology of sexuality, with a particular focus on New Zealand’s gay history. His award-winning book Mates and Lovers is the definitive history of male […]
Carole Beu is the owner of The Women’s Bookshop in Ponsonby, a regular radio reviewer and event chair, and the presenter of the annual Ladies’ Litera-Tea. She was a founding Trustee of the Auckland Writers Festival and in 2019 was […]
Jesse Bering is a research psychologist and Director of the Centre for Science Communication at the University of Otago. An award-winning science writer specialising in human behaviour, he has enjoyed international success with his books, including The Belief Instinct, Why Is the […]
