Authors and Artists

Kelly Gardiner writes historical fiction for readers of all ages. Her latest novel is 1917: Australia’s Great War, recently shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s History Awards Young People's History Prize and the Asher Award. Kelly’... Full profile

Anna Gare developed a passion for cooking from the time she could reach the top of the kitchen bench. She spent her teens and early twenties performing with all-girl band, the Jam Tarts, and cooked in restaurants to support her rock’n’... Full profile

Deborah Gare is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame Australia in Fremantle. She is a leading Australian historian and a popular public speaker regarding the history of colonial Western Australia, nineteenth-century tr... Full profile

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Brian Burnet Geytenbeek was born on a farm in South Australia in 1933. He and his wife were among the founding members of the Australian Aborigines Branch of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), and were field linguists with that organisatio... Full profile

Tracey Gibbs is a contemporary printmaker from Perth. With roots in wildflower country in the south-west of Western Australia, her fascination with botanicals is longstanding. Raised in a resourceful and creative family, Tracey took a short art co... Full profile

Kevin Gillam has had poems published in The Best Australian Poems 2006, The Best Australian Poems 2008 as well as The Best Australian Poetry 2006. His work has been broadcast on ABC Radio Poetica and he was the program’s featured poet in 200... Full profile

Inspired by historical accounts of the wreck of the Georgette, Michelle Gillespie wrote Sam, Grace and the Shipwreck when she was just nineteen. Michelle now lives in Canberra where she is a communications professional in the public service. Full profile

Ray Glickman is a CEO, board director, presenter, social media commentator and author. Ray has unique Fremantle credentials having served as both the CEO of the City of Fremantle and the president of the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce. He is an awa... Full profile

Marlish Glorie was born in Western Australian and has juggled a number of occupations throughout her life. She has worked as a nurse, environmentalist, art dealer and all round handy woman. Since the publication of The Bookshop on Jacaranda Street... Full profile

Goldie Goldbloom is the author of The Paperbark Shoe – winner of the AWP Novel Award and many other prizes, as well as a collection of short stories, You Lose These. Her work has been selected for the Best Australian Short Stories, and has b... Full profile

Stewart Gollan is a practising illustrator, and keen sportsman. Stewart had an early passion for painting and drawing, and drew inspiration from his grandfather, who was also an artist. Full profile

Janda Gooding worked as a Curator at the Art Gallery of Western Australia from 1979 to 2005 where she curated many thematic and survey exhibitions as well as retrospectives of Australian artists A.B. Webb and Kathleen O’Connor. In 2005 she m... Full profile

Sean Gorman has worked in the field of Indigenous history for twenty years. His honours research applied Russian formalist theory to the Murri guerilla poet Lionel Fogarty, while his PhD looked at racism in sport through the story of the Krakouer ... Full profile

Jan Gothard is Associate Professor in Australian history at Murdoch University. She teaches units in Australian/Asian relations; oral history and interviewing; and Australian environmental history. Gothard has three daughters and lives in Fremantl... Full profile

Julie Goyder worked as a nurse before completing a PhD at Curtin University of Technology. She teaches creative writing at the Bunbury Campus of Edith Cowan University and has published short stories in Australian literary journals. Full profile

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Bruce Gray has grown tropical orchids for about 50 years and today his complex of greenhouses harbour more than 1,100 different species. To get to know the orchids in their natural habitat, Bruce has travelled widely in the world’s tropics. ... Full profile

Naama Grey-Smith is an editor, publisher and critic based in Fremantle, Western Australia. She has edited award-winning fiction and non-fiction, writes for Australian Book Review and was among the initiators of creative journal dotdotdash. Her end... Full profile

Russell Guého has lived in the Kimberley for over twenty years and travelled over, under and around the region in a range of capacities. Russell has been a professional fishing guide and dive master and has worked with a number of Kimberley... Full profile