Authors

Damien Levi is a publisher, editor, festival programmer and occasional writer based in Tamaki Makaurau. He is the lead editor of LGBTQIA+ online literary journal bad apple, founder of micro press Aporo Press, Amber is a Sa-mao-rish (Ngapuhi/Manase) writer of things from Tamaki Makaurau, with a Gemini Sun and Virgo Moon. She is a poet, storyteller, Amateur Astrologer, and professional bots. In 2014, she graduated from the Manukau Institute of Technology creative writing programme and is a graduate of the International Institute of Modern Letters.

Stephen Levine is a Professor of Political Science at Victoria University of Wellington and was the founding Head of the university's School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations (HPPI). He is founder of the University's graduate-level parliamentary internship programme, introduced in 2000 and enjoying the support of successive Speakers of the New Zealand House of Representatives.

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John Lewis is a stop motion animator, writer, and director. He is best known as an animator on the feature film Mary and Max, the TV series Kiri & Lou, and the short film The Story of Percival Pilts which he also co-wrote and co-directed. John lives in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he spends his days playing with plasticine dinosaurs, riding an electric unicycle, rock climbing, and being a father.  

Phoebe H. Li holds a PhD from the University of Auckland and was a research fellow at Tsinghua University in Beijing. She is currently an independent historian. She was the principal curator of the acclaimed photographic exhibition Being Chinese in Aotearoa, hosted by the Auckland War Memorial Museum, the Waitangi Treaty Ground Museum, and the New Zealand Portrait Gallery (2017-2020).

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Jay Lichter works at a landscaping company and lives in Auckland. He spends his free time searching for and photographing weird and wonderful fungi. 

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