This Red Earth

Kim Kelly is the author of eleven novels, including the acclaimed Wild Chicory and the bestselling The Blue Mile. With distinctive warmth and lyrical charm, her stories explore Australia, its history, politics and people. Her work has gained shortlistings in The Hope Prize and Australia’s premier short novel award, Viva la Novella. A long-time book editor and sometime reviewer, Kim is a dedicated narrative addict and lover of true love. In fact, she takes love so seriously she once donated a kidney to her husband to prove it, and also to save his life. Originally from Sydney, today Kim lives in central New South Wales, on Wiradjuri country, with her husband, two cats and some chickens, and occasionally the kids when they come home to graze.

Aaron Tsindos is a WAAPA graduate, an accomplished actor, writer, singer, comic and voiceover artist specialising in truthful performances for commercial, narration, character in comedic and dramatic work across multiple projects throughout Australia. His TV and Film credits include Total Control and Growing Up Gracefully (ABC), Mary: The Making of a Princess (Fremantle Media), Spin Out (Feature – Sony Pictures), No Appointment Necessary (Feature) and Crossing Paths (Feature). Aaron’s theatre credits include No Pay? No Way!, Muriels Wedding, Rosancrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The White Guard and Cyrano De Bergerac for Sydney Theatre Company; Shakespeare in Love for Melbourne Theatre Company; Spamalot, Meet Me in St Louis, Big Fish and The Goodbye Girl at the Hayes; The Overcoat at Belvoir; Man with Five Children for Darlinghurst Theatre Company; Shakespearealism, The Importance of Being Earnest and Love’s Labours Lost (Sport for Jove); The History Boys (Sydney Opera House), Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins (forty five downstairs) and many more.

An RMIT Graduate with a double degree in Television Production and Psychology, Jessica St.Clair has gone on to work in a variety of roles within the media industry in production, producing and presenting and is currently with the Seven Network.