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J.J. DeCeglie
DeCeglie
is a 29 year-old enigmatic writer residing in Fremantle, Western Australia.
“I will compare him to Bret Easton Ellis and classic Kerouac, he is one of the voices of this new generation and must be heard.” - PATT VAGG, QUASIMODO
“..touches on human emotion like few have been capable of achieving...something few authors have been able to do - move me to tears.” - MONIQUE ROTHSTEIN, PELICAN |
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Simon Illingworth
In May 2004, after 17 years in Victoria Police, Simon brought about culture change in Victoria Police after appearing on ABC TV's Australian Story. He spoke honestly about Melbourne's gangland killings and the corrupt police brotherhood that assisted and harboured them. His autobiography, 'Filthy Rat' became a best seller in 2005 and is still selling consistently in bookstores and online.
Simon is presently one of the most sought after corporate speakers and trainers in Australia, he uses his experiences and expertise to motivate, challenge and build organisational culture. |
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Raphael Aron
Raphael serves as Director of the Gateway Family Counselling Centre Inc. and Family Community Centre Inc. in Melbourne. He is a much sought after speaker and conducts regular seminars and workshops.
Raphael’s previous book “Cults: Too Good to be True “ - Harper Collins, has become the definitive work on this subject in Australia. He has assisted in numerous media reports and documentaries, and has acted in an advisory capacity to various statutory authorities. He is well known in the social services field both locally and internationally. |
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David Thorne
David Thorne has quickly established himself as the world’s leading internet troublemaker. Since the e-mail exchange in which he tried to settle an overdue bill with a drawing of a spider achieved worldwide exposure in 2008, millions of people have followed Thorne’s hilarious exchanges with various unwitting victims.
Thorne’s razor-sharp writings have been hailed by David Letterman, Ellen DeGeneres and Conan O’Brien, and his first book, 'The Internet is a Playground' debuted at #4 on the New York Times Bestseller List. |
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Phil Kerslake
Kerslake is a leadership coach, speaker, author and television presenter who has appeared frequently on the week-day morning series, Good Morning as well as in numerous other New Zealand media. Kerslake is also perhaps New Zealand’s most well-known and noteworthy cancer survivor.
Kerslake left his job as a corporate management boffin at the end of 2004 after his 6th cancer battle. Kerslake made sea changes to his life to better align it with personal values, writing his bestselling book Life, Happiness… & Cancer; becoming a life coach and sharing his knowledge and experience with people coping with illness and the suffering and hardships that brings. |
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Paul Ritchie
Paul Ritchie has advised Australia’s largest institutions and political leaders on how to communicate their message for over 20 years. His work has provided him with unique insights into how organisations and political leaders position themselves in the
media, how they develop narratives about what they do, and how they behave when faced with a crisis. Paul has completed postgraduate study at Harvard University and the Australian Graduate School of Management. At Harvard, Paul studied the role of personal narrative, the rise of social media and the principles of adaptive organisational leadership. Paul and his young family live on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. |
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Charmaine Wilson
Charmaine's achievements have been recognised by The Australian Psychics Association and she was awarded the 2005 Australian Psychic of the year and 2009 Queensland Psychic of the year for her efforts. In 2008 she was the winner of The One, a nationwide search for Australia's most gifted psychic.
She holds retreats and workshops on a regular basis to try and help people understand the whole life death process so as they may get back on the road to recovery faster.
She tours extensively around Australia with her show Spirit Whispers and works on radio stations throughout regional Australia. |
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Nigel Gray
Nigel Gray is an internationally-acclaimed Irish-born West Australian author. Some sixty of his more than seventy books have been for children. His work has been published in twenty-six countries and twenty-four languages.
His books have won awards and honours in Holland, Germany, France, the UK, the USA and Australia. He is a past winner of the Dickens' Fellowship Award, and the Irish Post Award for literature. He has taught numerous writing workshops in schools, colleges, universi ties, libraries, arts centres, writer's centres, centres for the unemployed, and prisons.
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