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  The Quiet One by Ann Walter, read by Sara Ellis Holland​

 

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Ann Walter is a writer from Tasmania. She graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in sociology and english. She also has a Postgraduate Diploma in public policy. She loves writing quirky stories and poems that inspire people to think differently. Ann is thrilled to be one of the winners of Fiction out Loud 2025.​​

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The Con-Artist’s Painting by Tessa Shea, read by Joel Rheinberger

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Tessa Shea is a 20 year-old engineering student studying mechatronics at the University of Tasmania. Her hobbies include playing Dungeons and Dragons with her friends and trying out new recipes in the kitchen. She likes reading YA novels and has tried her hand at writing her own stories a couple of times with mixed results, but she’s always enjoyed the process of putting a story down on paper, regardless of the outcome

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Playing with Fire by Rotem Erlich, read by Ian Williams

 

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Rotem Erlich is an aspiring author. He is the author of the children's book 'Tim and His Time Machine'. He lives and works in Southern Tasmania. He enjoys reading, gardening and a bit of sport.

 

 

​​The Rescue by Janie Whitney, read by Miriam Cooper

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Janie Whitney recently moved from Hobart to Queenstown where she plans to read books and grow lots of vegetables. And adopt a dog. She spent most of her working life as a gardener and is now in semi-retirement. Her interests include listening to live music, bushwalking, and taking photographs of our beautiful landscapes.

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Hero by John Barratt, read by Joel Rheinberger

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John Barratt is a Tasmanian born writer, musician and songwriter with a passion for storytelling. He and his wife have recently returned from several years of living and travelling on mainland Australia including a stint on the Aboriginal community Ntaria (Hermannsburg; Western Arrarnta country). John is currently working on a novel and finishing a comedic poetry book which he hopes to publish shortly. John currently works with his wife Clare in the funeral industry. They have two daughters together and just celebrated 35 years of marriage.

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My Name is Zee by Danielle Fox, read by William Webster

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Danielle Fox has always enjoyed the craft of words, usually as a consumer of fiction and poetry. Sometimes dabbling in writing, but never published. The competition theme, “Mistaken Identity”, was an opportunity to write from the perspective of a girl with an intellectual disability who feels her identity is often mistaken. As a mother of an 11-year-old girl with Down Syndrome, Danielle hopes this story adds to the rising voices of those with disability who are often unheard, misunderstood and whose true selves are often mistaken.

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Second Chances by Madelein Carstens, read by Ian Williams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since moving to Australia, Madelein Carstens’ adventure has been nothing short of wild! She spent five years living on a yacht, earning her sea legs. From there, she took to the mountains, running ski lodges, before spending a year on a ghost island-hopefully not making friends with any spirits! To top it off, she free camped and fossicked her way through a full Tasmanian winter, officially earning her Tasmanian colours.

Now, she’s onto her next great adventure-Hobart! A new career, a new chapter, and loving every heartbeat of city life.

 

Heist on the Mars Express by Mira Corry, read by Sara Ellis Holland

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Mira Corry is sixteen years old. He lives in Hobart with his family and loves to bushwalk on Kunanyi in his spare time. It's his lifelong dream to go to Antarctica someday, or maybe to the bottom of the ocean in a submarine.

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