Heat and Light

Ellen van Neerven is an award-winning writer of Mununjali Yugambeh and Dutch heritage. Ellen's first book, Heat and Light, was the recipient of the David Unaipon Award, the Dobbie Literary Award and the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Indigenous Writers Prize. They have written two poetry collections: Comfort Food, which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize; and Throat, which won the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, the Multicultural NSW Award and Book of the Year in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.

Ella Ferris is a Taribelang artist from Cairns, Queensland. She graduated from VCA in 2022, and has since appeared on stage in Sunshine Super Girl for Performing Lines and Tracker for The Australian Dance Theatre. Ella's TV appearances include a pivotal role in Scrublands for Easy Tiger/STAN. As a voice artist, Ella's beautiful, clear and unique voice weaves a story and draws the ear.