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2026 Festival Writers

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Naïma leans against a white brick wall looking at the camera with a serious expression. It is a black and white photo.

Naïma Brown

Naïma Brown is the author of the novels The Cruise, Mother Tongue and The Shot and is the co-author of the non-fiction How to Age Against the Machine: An empowering guide for women ageing on their own terms. Her short fiction has been published in Popshot Magazine and the Love on the Road anthology. Originally from California, she now lives and writes on the unceded land of the Bundjalung nation.
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Studio portrait of Natassia Chrysanthos against a plain grey background.

Natassia Chrysanthos

Natassia is the federal political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. She has worked in the Canberra press gallery since 2023, covering politics and federal policy. Before then, she covered several state rounds in the Herald‘s Sydney newsroom. Natassia won the 2025 Wallace Brown Young Journalist Award in the parliamentary press gallery, the 2021 Young Journalist of the Year at the Kennedy Awards, and has been a finalist in the Quill and Walkley awards.
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Interior portrait of Nick Mitzevich in a grey suit and leaning on a metal railing.

Nick Mitzevich

Dr Nick Mitzevich is the Director of the National Gallery of Australia. For the past two decades, he has held leadership roles across Australian arts organisations including the Art Gallery of South Australia. Dr Mitzevich holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art and Graduate Diplomas in Education and Fine Art from the University of Newcastle. In 2021, the French Government awarded him with the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres recognising his work in advancing French culture. In July 2022, Newcastle University awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts recognising his contribution to the arts sector.
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A studio portrait of Nicole Abadee wearing a white flowy shirt sitting in front of a grey background. She is smiling at the camera.

Nicole Abadee

Nicole Abadee is an event moderator and journalist who writes for the Sydney Morning Herald and Harper’s Bazaar. Nicole is a regular interviewer at Australian writers’ festivals. In 2025 she was a moderator at Edinburgh International Writers’ Festival, and she will be there again in 2026. She has been a literary judge, podcaster and a guest on ABC Radio. Nicole is a board member of the Eleanor Dark Foundation (Varuna) and the Sydney Women’s Fund Advisory Council.
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Outdoor portrait of Nicole Godwin smiling at the camera with a river in the background.

Nicole Godwin

Nicole Godwin is an award-winning Canberra author who shines a light on environmental, animal rights and social justice issues. Her captivating picture books engage readers and help to create a generation of thoughtful, committed and compassionate individuals. The themes in Nicole’s books have inspired children and their families to learn more about Australia’s First Peoples, human-made threats affecting ocean animals, the impact of soft plastics, Australian birdlife, and elephants used in tourism. Her latest book is Swoop.
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A dramatic portrait of Nigel Featherstone against a dark wall.

Nigel Featherstone

Nigel Featherstone is a writer for the page, stage, and music. His most recent work is The Story of the Oars, a play with spoken poetry and music, which had its world premiere at The Street Theatre, Canberra, in 2025. Nigel’s novels include Bodies of Men and My Heart is a Little Wild Thing. He has been shortlisted for the ACU Prize for Poetry and the Newcastle Poetry Prize, and longlisted for the Sydney Theatre Company’s Patrick White Playwrights Award.
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An outdoor portrait of Niki Savva sitting in front of a flower bush.

Niki Savva

Niki Savva is a highly acclaimed political writer. She was Peter Costello’s press secretary for six years and was on John Howard’s staff for three. Her work has brought her into intimate contact with Australia’s major political players for more than 40 years. She is a regular columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, and appears on ABC TV’s Insiders. Her latest book, Earthquake, is published by Scribe.
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