In Your Suburb - Mirandi Riwoe

Mirandi Riwoe is the author of Sunbirds. Her novel, Stone Sky Gold Mountain, won the ARA Historical Novel Prize and the Queensland Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. Her novella The Fish Girl won Seizure’s Viva la Novella and was shortlisted for the Stella Prize. Her short fiction and novellas can be found in the collection The Burnished Sun. Mirandi has a PhD in Creative Writing and Literary Studies (QUT).

Martine Kropkowski is a writer and researcher, whose essays on literature and culture appear across literary journals, magazines and anthologies. Previously a soldier and a journalist, Martine now teaches professional and creative writing at The University of Queensland where she is also completing a PhD. Her novel Everywhere We Look was released in October 2024 with Ultimo Press.