Guilty Pleasures

Eora Nations (Sydney), Australia

Yumna Kassab is a writer based in Sydney. She is the author of The House of Youssef, Australiana, The Lovers, and Politica. The Theory of Everything is her latest book, and it is available from Ultimo Press. She is the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature.

Appearing in: Thriving as a Writer and Guilty Pleasures

Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia

Steve MinOn was an internationally awarded advertising copywriter and a restaurateur before becoming a writer of fiction. His debut novel First Name Second Name (UQP 2025) won the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer in the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards.

Appearing in: Some of My Best Friends Are Made Up and Guilty Pleasures

Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia

Mirandi Riwoe is the author of Stone Sky Gold Mountain, Sunbirds, and the novella The Fish Girl and The Burnished Sun. Mirandi has a PhD in Creative Writing and Literary Studies. Her novel A Short History of Longans will be out in 2026.

Appearing in: Some of My Best Friends Are Made Up and Guilty Pleasures

Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country, Canberra, Australia

Qin Qin is a writer committed to living consciously for a more peaceful and sustainable world. As a former unfulfilled overachiever, her memoir Model Minority Gone Rogue (The Age Book of the Year shortlist 2025) explores choosing love over fear.

Appearing in: Thriving as a Writer, What Will People Say? and Guilty Pleasures