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NOELLE MCCARTHY NEW ZEALAND
Irish broadcaster Noelle McCarthy is a creator of podcast series, the latest being the RNZ-Te Papa collaboration Ours: 20 Objects That Shaped New Zealand . She is also a writer and reviewer for The New Zealand Herald’s Viva magazine and Metro.
KIRSTEN MCDOUGALL NEW ZEALAND
Kirsten McDougall works in publishing and is the author of Tess,
a gothic novella set in the small
town of Masterton at the turn of
the millennium, and The Invisible Rider, a series of interconnected short stories. Tess was longlisted in the 2018 Ockham NZBook Awards.
MIKE MCROBERTS NEW ZEALAND
Journalist Mike McRoberts is NZ’s most experienced con ict and natural disaster reporter and has covered stories around the world including in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East, East Timor, the Solomons and Fiji. He is currently in his 14th year as anchor for Three’s 6pm news.
COURTNEY SINA MEREDITH NEW ZEALAND
Poet, playwright, ction writer and musician Courtney Sina Meredith’s is an Iowa Writing School graduate and a regular guest at international festivals. She is the author of two collections: Brown Girls in Bright Red Lipstick and Tail of the Taniwha. courtneymeredith.com
EILEEN MERRIMAN NEW ZEALAND
Eileen Merriman is a doctor and award-winning short story and ash ction writer, winning the 2015 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition and placing third three times in
the Sunday Star Times Short Story Competition. Her two YA novels are Pieces of You and Catch Me When You Fall.
KARLO MILA NEW ZEALAND
Poet Karlo Mila PhD, of Tongan and Palangi descent, won the 2006 Best First Book of Poetry for Dream Fish Floating. She is also the author of A Well Written Body and the Programme Director of the Mana Moana Experience at Leadership NZ.
ALEX MILLER AUSTRALIA
Twice-winner of Australia’s premier literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, for The Ancestor Game and Journey to the Stone Country, Alex Miller is the author of acclaimed ction and non- ction. His latest book is the autobiographical novel The Passage of Love. Supported by Australian High Commission. alexmiller.com.au
TOM MOODY NEW ZEALAND
Tom Moody is a writer, book reviewer and editor. He has worked as a branding consultant and copywriter, and in marketing roles in the lm and publishing industries. He has taught writing at tertiary institutions in the US, the UK and NZ.
JIM MORA NEW ZEALAND
RNZ National’s The Panel host
Jim Mora is an award-winning journalist and columnist. He has made and narrated a number of
TV documentaries, presented various television series and created internationally successful books and television animations for children.
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