Twenty-Six Letters

Charlotte Nash is the internationally published author of seven contemporary novels, most recently Saving You and On A Starlit Ocean. She also spans genres as the author of numerous speculative fiction stories, and is a multiple nominee for the Ditmar and Aurealis awards for short fiction. She has degrees in engineering and medicine, and a PhD in creative writing, which examined how the neuroscience of reading can help craft engaging technical fiction.

Ayesha Gibson began her career as a teenage tree in Beauty and The Beast for Fame Theatre Company and it has only gone up from there. On stage she has completed 5 seasons as Alice in Alice in Wonderland for Australian Shakespeare company, toured the new Australian comedy Highly Flammable Love to the Adelaide Fringe, and played Ellie in Bitten By productions revival of The Critic. Behind the scenes she recently directed Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s production of King Lear. In addition to her work on the stage she has made strides forward in film with recent credits including Avocado Toast (Oscar Thornburg), Spreadsheet (Paramount), and Savage River (ABC). She has also worked in VoiceOver, most recently as the voice of Fed Square’s 2020 docuseries. Ayesha is a 2016 federation university arts academy graduate and is represented by Ian White Management.