The Blue Mile

Kim Kelly is the author of 12 novels, including bestseller The Blue Mile and the critically acclaimed Wild Chicory. With distinctive warmth and lyrical charm, her stories explore Australia, its history, politics and people. Kelly has been short- and longlisted for various awards, including the ARA Historical Novel Prize, Viva la Novella, The Hope Prize and the Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. She has also won the Finlay Lloyd 20/40 Prize for both Fiction and Non-Fiction, for her novel Ladies' Rest and Writing Room and her memoir Touched respectively. A long-time book editor and sometime reviewer, Kim is a dedicated narrative addict and lover of true love. In fact, she takes love so seriously she once donated a kidney to her husband to prove it, and also to save his life. Originally from Sydney, today Kim lives in central New South Wales, on Wiradjuri country, with her husband, two cats and some chickens, and occasionally the kids when they come home to graze.

From Radio National Poetica to Children’s animation, Zoe enjoys the challenges of all aspects of vocal art. Since graduating from the VCA under the Vocal tuition of Geraldine Cooke, she has worked with coaches Gary May and Joan Lader(NYC), and enjoyed a gamut of work ranging from audiobooks, radio presentation, podcasts, corporate marketing to both children’s and adult animation. Storytelling is a particular passion.

James Harvy is a Sydney based actor and graduate of the VCA whose work spans from popular TV drama, ‘Neighbours', ‘The Doctor Blake Mysteries', to the classic texts of Shakespeare and Chekhov. James has also worked as a writer, director, narrator and can speak intermediate German.