Shining Like the Sun

Stephen Orr is the author of several published works of fiction and nonfiction. His novel, Time’s Long Ruin, which drew on the infamous disappearance of the Beaumont children as inspiration, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. It was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, as was The Hands. His debut novel, Attempts to Draw Jesus, was runner-up in The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award. He won the Griffith Review Novella Competition for Datsunland, which was later published with other stories as a critically acclaimed collection. Stephen’s short fiction and non-fiction has been published widely, including in Meanjin, Island, The Advertiser and the Adelaide Review 

Walter Marsh is a journalist based in Tarntanya/Adelaide, and the author of Young Rupert: the making of the Murdoch empire (Scribe 2023). A former staff writer and editor at The Adelaide Review and Rip It Up, his writing has also appeared in The Guardian, The Monthly, The Saturday Paper, Crikey, The Age, and Australian Book Review. His second book, The Butterfly Thief, is forthcoming in 2025.