NWC: Emerging in Print

Natasha Rai is a writer and somatic counsellor, supporting adults heal from the impacts of complex trauma. Her debut novel, AN ONSLAUGHT OF LIGHT, published by Pantera Press, was longlisted for the 2017 Richell Prize, 2018 KYD Unpublished Manuscript award, and highly commended for the 2022 Ultimo Press/Westwords Prize. Natasha’s nonfiction appears in anthologies on […]

Patrick Marlborough is an underemployed writer/comedian/musician/drongo living with their parents in Walyalup, Western Australia. They have been published in Vice, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Slate, Gawker, Meanjin, Crikey, Kotaku, The Lifted Brow, KYD, Cordite, GDS, and various other forgotten blogs, magazines, and anthologies. The manuscript for their first novel, A Horse Held […]

Miriam Webster’s fiction and essays have been published in HEAT, Island, Overland, The Suburban Review, Aniko Magazine, swim meet lit mag and other lovely places. She lives in Naarm, where she is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne. Her debut collection of short stories, The Slip, is forthcoming with Aniko Press in August […]

Sara Haddad is an editor and writer who lives and work on Gadigal land. She has worked in publishing in Australia and overseas for over 35 years. The Sunbird is her first work of fiction.