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Barbara Temperton is an award winning Western Australian writer. Her poetry and prose fiction is inspired by the landscapes and stories of the numerous places/spaces she has encountered. Southern Edge: three stories in verse (Fremantle Press,... Full profile

Shane Tholen wandered the shores of the Mediterranean and the mountains of South America before returning to his home town of Perth with a clearer understanding of his place in the world. Full profile

Michael has drawn pictures for as long as he can remember. His Grade 2 teacher showed him how to make a picture book and he has been thinking about them (and collecting them) on and off ever since. His parents still have his first book, How the Ra... Full profile

Phil Thomson is an actor, director and playwright whose work has taken him throughout Australia and Papua New Guinea. Many of his plays have involved collaborations with Indigenous performers and local communities. Full profile

Helen Thurloe is a Sydney-based writer and poet whose essays and poetry have been widely published, several of which explore the influence of her Hungarian heritage. Promising Azra (Allen & Unwin, 2016) was Helen’s first novel, and she i... Full profile

Zoe Thurner lives and works in Western Australia. She has worked as a teacher of high school drama, written several play scripts for youth theatre, professional development and primary arts, and was commissioned by Greening Australia WA to write s... Full profile

Melinda Tognini has always been a scribbler of stories, and cannot imagine a life without words. But she has also worked as a pharmacy assistant, youth worker, chaplain and teacher. She completed a Master of Arts in writing and her feature ar... Full profile

Dr Kim Torney was awarded her PhD by the University of Melbourne in 2003. Her interest in the topic of lost children grew from the disturbing childhood experience of reading the classic story, ‘Lost in the Bush’ in a primary school rea... Full profile

Dianne Touchell is a middle child who feared Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy – and any other stranger who threatened to break into the house at night. She has worked, amongst other things, as a nightclub singer, a fish and ch... Full profile

Sandy Toussaint is an anthropologist and author who has worked in and written about the Kimberley for almost thirty years. Her publications include Phyllis Kaberry and me: anthropology, history and Aboriginal Australia (Melbourne University Press)... Full profile

Jaylon Tucker identifies as a Wongi-Noongar. He was born on Wadjuk Noongar country and via his father he belongs to the Ngullundharra and Walyan Aboriginal people of the north-east WA goldfields. His story, Lucky Thamu, is based on his time explor... Full profile

In 1985 Robert Emeric Tyler, a leading London architect, and his nineteen-year-old son, Bobby, travelled by rail and sea to Australia with a view to purchasing a goldmine. Their adventures, misadventures and incredible naivety as they journeyed in... Full profile