Chris Munnery has worked in the Australian publishing Industry for over twenty years and is currently the Senior Key Account Manager at IngramSpark Australia. IngramSpark is the Print on Demand self-publishing arm of the Ingram Content Group which has a 40,000+ global book distribution network for both online sales and brick and mortar bookstores and libraries. The vision for IngramSpark’s future is simple: to make indie publishing more powerful, more connected and more rewarding for authors, for readers and for the global indie book community we all share.Connect with Chris Munnery:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-munnery-75627939/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ingramsparkbooks?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Josh Bernoff is an expert on business books and how they can propel thinkers to prominence. Books he has written or collaborated on have generated over $20 million for their authors.More than 50 authors have endorsed Josh’s Build a Better Business Book: How to Plan, Write, and Promote a Book That Matters, a comprehensive guide for business authors. Authors can subscribe to his advice with the Bernoff Book Coach, and interactive chatbot available at https://bernoff.com/coach.Josh’s other books include Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean and the Business Week bestseller Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. He has contributed to 75 nonfiction book projects.Josh’s mathematical and statistical background includes three years of study in the Ph.D. program in mathematics at MIT. At Forrester Research, he originated Technographics, a widely used consumer survey methodology. He has fielded surveys and written reports on the ROI of business books and the impact of AI on the writing profession.Josh’s writes and posts daily at Bernoff.com, a blog that has attracted more than 4 million views. He lives in Portland with his wife, an artist.

Pip Harry is a bestselling Australian children's author and editor. Her middle grade novel The Little Wave won the 2020 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers. August & Jones won the CBCA Shadow Judging Book of the Year, voted by school students. Her new titles include The Inside Dog, ABIA-shortlisted Over or Under? Young adult verse novel Drift and junior fiction series Camp Spooky - co-written with Kate Foster. She has three picture books releasing in 2026 - Spare Kisses (March), The Fast Lane (May) and The Goodbye Tree (July). She lives on Sydney's Northern Beaches and likes swimming in the ocean and gelato.

Connect with Pip Harry:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/piphaz?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Julia Ferracane has more than 30 years of experience in publicity and public relations and has held roles as the Arts and Publishing Publicist at both The Australian Ballet and Penguin Random House Australia.

In her current work, she partners with authors across traditional, indie, hybrid publishing and self published. She also works with creatives and arts organisations. Julia is passionate about helping original voices find their audience in a crowded media landscape. A lover of pop culture and trends, she has been called feisty by friends and family, a title she wears as a badge of honour.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/righteous_pr?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Website: https://www.righteouspr.com.au/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnJONPkfY4b2wGSsn1iQkONMtwT5nu4fNqGRtACiEx-mUf-X4kCgJVlsToDPo_aem_aeWsYfpghqGHvnbbSok6Zw

Lauren and Alana are the co-founders of Book World Magazine and Book World Club, two rapidly growing book-world brands built on storytelling, community and bringing readers together.

What began as a simple idea for a fresh and reader-friendly magazine has grown into an international publication and has been read in more than 22 countries. Alongside the magazine, Book World Club offers guided book clubs, downloadable book club guides and annual book retreats featuring a special author guest. They are currently working on an app designed to make life easier for readers, authors and industry professionals.

Julie Trelstad’s career is built on a single principle, learned not in publishing, but in architecture: the best structures are the ones designed to serve human needs.

Julie believes that a sustainable, successful author career isn’t about following a rigid playbook; it’s about designing a publishing structure that perfectly fits your work, your goals and your audience.

She has applied this principle to all of her roles throughout her career: from publishing houses such as John Wiley & Sons to her own independent house, Plain White Press, to her new work as the Head of Amlet.Ai. In this current position, Julie helps authors register their work for legal Ai Licensing.

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Website: http://www.julieink.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julietrelstad?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BEO5g1i1RQgeZeA1MDSgQXA%3D%3D

Rosie Schonell has a Bachelor of Arts with a Diploma of Education and a Master of Special Education. As an English teacher, she specialised in teaching students with learning difficulties. She has adult children and lives with her husband, spending her time between Balmain and the Northern Beaches of Sydney.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imrosiereads?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Nick Croydon has more than 25 years’ experience shaping stories from the boardroom, leading international publishing houses and book retail giants across then UK and Australia.

Now the CEO of QBD Books Australia, Nick has shifted from nurturing the literary dreams of others to realising one of his own with his debut novel, The Turing Protocol. Born in Surrey, England, and now living in Brisbane with his Spanish wife, Esther, and their children, Nick brings a rare insider’s perspective to the page: one honed in the engine rooms of the book world, now turned toward storytelling itself.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theturingprotocol/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw%3D%3D#