Emele is a Tokelauan (Te Kaiga o Fagatiale, Nukunonu, Te Kaiga o Koloi, Uea) Fijian (Kaideuba, Navua) woman & multi-disciplinary storyteller working across live performance as an actor, writer, director, producer & facilitator.

Maria Tran is a community, cultural & development practitioner with celebrated skills in digital storytelling and film-making. Her writing skills have derived from scriptwriting for award-winning short films such as “Hit Girls”, “Hot Bread Shop” and “Happy Dent”, and playwriting. Maria has joined writing rooms for film and television.

Zarlasht Sarwari is a PhD candidate in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology at Western Sydney University (WSU). Her research explores Afghan Identities in Australia with a particular focus on negotiation of hybrid identities, transnationalism, nationalism, racism, immigration and multiculturalism.

Meet Elizabeth, a Sydney based composer and founder of The Music Box Project. Elizabeth will be hosting two Fairfield Found Sounds workshops at Lost In Books from 22-23 January.

Lillian is an internationally acclaimed bilingual storyteller. She is the Forked Tongues Multilingual Storytelling Lead at LOST IN BOOKS.

Safdar Ahmed is a Sydney based artist, musician and academic. He is an Illustrator and Director at Refugee Art Project.

Jemma is a children’s music specialist, puppeteer and performer with a great passion for musical play and storytelling. She is our Sound System (Early Childhood) Artist at LOST IN BOOKS.

Harri Harding is an award-winning composer, performer and educator. He is the Wandering Books and Sound System Lead at LOST IN BOOKS.

Rawah will be facilitating the Multilingual Writing Collective at LOST IN BOOKS.

Monikka Eliah is Assyrian-Australian writer at LOST IN BOOKS.

Sepora is a Sydney based musician and Sound System Mentor at LOST IN BOOKS.

Marcus Whale is a musician, singer and composer from Sydney. He is a Sound System Mentor at LOST IN BOOKS.

Ida Warhol is a singer and producer who creates celestial visions wrapped in intricate harmonies, melodious harp plucking and a bucolic warmth. She is our current SOUND SYSTEM Musician in Residence (2019 - 2020).

Hussein Nabeel is an Illustrator and Designer at LOST IN BOOKS.

Huy Nguyen is a Sydney-based visual designer. With a background in architecture, experience in publication and marketing, Huy knows a thing or two about creating striking imagery that demands attention and delivers the message.

Rachael delivers LOST IN BOOKS’ NESA-accredited training and Professional Development Course: “Strengthening Multilingual Literacies And Creativity In The Classroom”