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Tess Eden is an author and a vegan content creator from Wellington, New Zealand. She first made the leap into a vegan lifestyle six years ago, after enjoying a vegetarian diet for 11 years. Tess came to veganism for ethical reasons, and has since become an advocate for the environmental and health benefits a meat-free diet provides. Tess has built up a wealth of knowledge on how to live a vegan life, and is an active member of New Zealand's thriving vegan community. She has a large online platform which demonstrates how easy it is to be vegan by sharing recipes, tips, and tricks for people wanting to eat more plants.

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Lynley Edmeades has published two poetry collections and a poetry and art picture book for adults. She teaches poetry and creative writing in the English programme at the University of Otago and is the current editor of Landfall. Emma Neale has published six novels and five poetry collections, and edited several anthologies. She was editor of Landfall 2018–2021 and judged of the Landfall Essay Competition during that period. She was selecting editor for Strong Words (2019) and Strong Words #2 (2021).

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Frances Edmond is a screenwriter, playwright, non-fiction writer, former actress, and the literary executor for her mother, Lauris Edmond. Frances is led by her passion for writing stories about women and the tendrils of complex, interpersonal relationships in families. She has won numerous awards for her screenplays, including the 2017 Platinum Award at the International Film Festival of Women, Social Issues, and Zero Discrimination for her short film The Apple Tree, and the 2008 Best Short Screenplay Award at the Moondance Film Festival for her short film, Eeling. She was also the 2007 Winner of the PANZ playwriting competition for her script The Dance of Life.

Murray Edmond has published 16 books of poetry. Recenttitles include Back Before You Know (2019), FARCE (2022)and Sandbank Sonnets (2022). His book of four novellas, StraitMen and Other Tales appeared in 2015. Noh Business (2005)was a study of the influence of Noh drama on Western theatreand Then It Was Now Again: Selected Critical Writings (2014)brought together more than 30 years of criticism. In 2021 hepublished a cultural history, Time to Make a Song and Dance: Cultural Revolt in Auckland in the 1960s. He has co-edited twopoetry anthologies, The New Poets (1987) and Big Smoke: NewZealand Poems 1960-1975, and he was editor of the magazineKa Mate Ka Ora: A Journal of New Zealand Poetry and Poeticsfrom 2005 to 2020. He has been Dramaturge for Indian InkTheatre Company from 1997 to 2023. He lives in Glen Eden inAuckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand.