Gone Guru

Nadine Browne is an author, poet and essayist. Her work has been featured in Overland, The Massachusetts Review and ABC Australia. She received an MFA in fiction at New York University, where she was a Starworks Fellow. She has published two books to date: a short-story collection with Mihaela Nicolescu, The Whip Hand, and a novel, Gone Guru (2026).

Clarisse Bonello is a Naarm-based actor, theatre-maker and voice artist. She has worked with Wielding Theatre on Curveball and a solo piece titled An Organised Odyssey. She collaborated with Victorian Theatre Company on the shows For Love Nor Money 2023, St Kilda Tales 2025 and Future Loves Burning/Age of Extremes 2026. Clarisse voiced the BAFTA nominated short animated film Ready for a Baby. She has narrated audiobook titles such as Gone Guru by Nadine Browne, Alyssa J. Montgomery's Hope Creek series and Alli Sinclair's The Cinema at Starlight Creek.