From Publisher, to Agent, to Author

Deborah Callaghan worked as an interstate train stewardess, a librarian and a freelance journalist before starting a 35-year publishing career as a book publicist, publisher and literary agent. Her story ‘Small Details of Travel’ was longlisted for the 2024 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, and her debut novel is The Little Clothes. 

Mark Dapin is an acclaimed journalist, author, screenwriter and historian. He is the author of King of the Cross, which won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. His latest work, on Australian military myths, is Lest. Mark holds a doctorate in military history. He worked as consultant producer on Network Seven TV show Armed and Dangerous, and as screenwriter on Stan’s Wolf Creek 2.