Writing Short, Writing Sweet

Inga Simpson is an award-winning Australian writer focused on the natural world. Her novels include The Thinning, Willowman, and Mr Wigg. She has also published a nature writing memoir, Understory, and two picture books for children. Her essays and short fiction have been widely published. Her latest fiction, Once We Were Wildlife, explores the boundaries between the human and more-than-human worlds. Her forthcoming The Treelover's Guide to Australia features her photography alongside her nature writing. Inga holds PhDs in creative writing and English literature and lives on the New South Wales South Coast.

Inga Simpson adalah seorang penulis Australia pemenang penghargaan yang fokus pada dunia alam. Novelnya mencakup The Thinning, Willowman, dan Mr Wigg. Dia juga telah menerbitkan memoar tentang alam, Understory, dan dua buku bergambar untuk anak-anak. Esai dan fiksi pendeknya telah banyak dipublikasikan. Fiksinya yang terbaru, Once We Were Wildlife, mengeksplorasi batas-batas antara dunia manusia dan dunia lebih-dari-manusia. The Treelover's Guide to Australia yang akan datang menampilkan fotografi miliknya bersama tulisan alam miliknya. Inga memiliki gelar PhD dalam penulisan kreatif dan sastra Inggris serta tinggal di Pantai Selatan New South Wales.

Mai Al-Nakib is a Kuwaiti author of the novel An Unlasting Home and short story collection The Hidden Light of Objects, winner of the Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award. She holds a PhD in English from Brown University and taught English and comparative literature at Kuwait University for twenty years. Her short stories, poems, and occasional essays have appeared in, amongst others, Ninth Letter, The First Line, After the Pause, The Markaz Review, Rowayat, World Literature Today, New Lines Magazine, and the BBC World Service. She is president of the editorial board of The Markaz Review.

Mai Al-Nakib adalah seorang penulis Kuwait dari novel An Unlasting Home dan koleksi cerpen The Hidden Light of Objects, pemenang Penghargaan First Book Award dari Edinburgh International Book Festival. Dia memiliki gelar PhD dalam Bahasa Inggris dari Brown University dan mengajar Bahasa Inggris serta sastra perbandingan di Kuwait University selama dua puluh tahun. Cerpen, puisi, dan esai sesekalinya telah muncul di, antara lain, Ninth Letter, The First Line, After the Pause, The Markaz Review, Rowayat, World Literature Today, New Lines Magazine, dan BBC World Service. Dia adalah presiden dewan editorial The Markaz Review.

Ali AlShaali is an Emirati poet, novelist, and publisher who is the author of five poetry collections and several works of fiction and narrative prose. His recent publications include the novel My Name is Alya and the short story collection This is My Father and Lives in Pomegranate. AlShaali's work has earned numerous accolades, including the Al Owais Creativity Award, and he was named Poet of the Year at the Sharjah Festival of Arabic Poetry in 2024. His poetry collection The Earth Has But One Soul has been translated into Spanish, Turkish, and Greek. A graduate of the International Writing Programme at the University of Iowa and the Frankfurt Book Fair Fellowship, he holds a BSc in Civil Engineering and a Master's Certificate in Project Management.

Ali AlShaali adalah seorang penyair, novelis, dan penerbit Emirat yang merupakan penulis lima koleksi puisi dan beberapa karya fiksi dan prosa naratif. Publikasi terbarunya termasuk novel My Name is Alya dan koleksi cerita pendek This is My Father and Lives in Pomegranate. Karya AlShaali telah mendapatkan berbagai penghargaan, termasuk Al Owais Creativity Award, dan dia dinamai Penyair Tahun Ini di Sharjah Festival of Arabic Poetry pada tahun 2024. Koleksi puisinya The Earth Has But One Soul telah diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Spanyol, Turki, dan Yunani. Sebagai lulusan dari International Writing Programme di University of Iowa dan Frankfurt Book Fair Fellowship, dia memiliki gelar BSc dalam Civil Engineering dan Master's Certificate dalam Project Management.