Embrace the Cringe

Robert Skinner was born and raised in South Australia. His first book, I’d Rather Not, won the inaugural John Clarke Prize for Humour Writing, after the judges misunderstood his finely wrought work of tragedy. He currently lives in Melbourne where he works in a bookshop and plays football at the lowest level.

Samantha Byres is a writer from Whanganui, Aotearoa. She attended the International Institute of Modern Letters in Wellington and her work appears in: Turbine, JAAM, Sport, and Out Here: An Anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA+ writers from Aotearoa. She lives in Naarm/Melbourne.

Seth Robinson is an award-winning writer, producer, and academic based in Naarm/Melbourne. He is the author of Welcome to Bellevue (2020) the first full-length novel in Grattan Street Press’s original fiction collection. His work has featured in Kill Your Darlings, The Saturday Paper, Aurealis Magazine, Meniscus, and TEXT, among others. You can find out more […]

Maha Sidaoui is a Lebanese-Australian writer who mines her cultural confusion, sexuality and poor life choices for stories, because why waste a good identity crisis? Her screenplay One Arabian Girl picked up a few awards before she decided to turn it into a manuscript, which now haunts her like an unused twelve month gym membership. […]

Comedian, Writer, Actor and Producer. Proud Ngarrindjeri woman from Lower Murray River and Coorong Lakes in South Australia. Living in Naarm for the last 11 years, began work as a storyteller 10 years ago and a recent graduate from VCA with a Masters of Theatre Writing.

Gabrielle Fallen is a trans Naarm-based theatre maker, writer, and performer. Most recently, her original play  Mature Skin was presented by Melbourne Theatre Company in Cybec Electric.  While studying at the VCA, her credits while training include  Happy To Be Here (dir. Dr Sarah Austin), The Infinity Hotel (dir. Nazaree Dickerson), Peach Blossom Fan (dir. Joe Paradise Lui), […]