Liam Ferney's Shark of Messina, was published very recently by Hunter Publishers. Two previous collections, Hot Take and Content, were also published by Hunter. His first collection was Popular Mechanics from Interactive Press in 2004, followed by Boom with Grande Parade Poets in 2013. He also published the chapbooks Career in Vagabond's Rare Object Series in 2011 and The Book of Grogu with now orries press in 2025. Liam is a public affairs manager, poet and aspiring left-back living in Stones Corner Brisbane with his wife and daughter.
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Pam Brown's Guess the Experience was published in late 2025 by Hunter Publishers. She has published many books and chapbooks over the last five decades. Pam has been an editor, reviewer, performance text author, silk screen printer and she assembles collage when she runs out of poetry steam. Born in Victoria, Pam grew up in Toowoomba and Brisbane. At 20 she moved to Sydney with two albums in her suit case - Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde and Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced. She has earned a living variously and lives with her partner on never-ceded Gadigal land.
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Shastra Deo, born in Fiji and raised in Melbourne, now lives in Brisbane. Shastra was awarded the 2016 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for her poetry manuscript, The Agonist, which was subsequently published by UQP in 2017. Her second book,The Exclusion Zone, was also published by UQP in 2023. She graduated from the University of Queensland with First Class Honours, the University Medal in Creative Writing, a Master of Arts and is currently completing her PhD in Creative Writing there.
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