Gone

Glenna Thomson (Author)
After a successful career in overseas aid, and as a senior executive with a global food company, Glenna and her husband spent almost twenty years living and working on their cattle property in rural Victoria. During that time they also owned and operated a commercial blueberry orchard. Glenna's time in the country enables her to write authentically about life in the city as well as in remote locations. She now lives in inner Melbourne with her husband. She is also the author of Blueberry and Stella and Margie.

Jennifer Rani (Reader)
Jennifer Rani is an actor, director and creative producer of South Asian and Welsh descent.
She holds a postgraduate degree in post-colonial literature and has produced seminal artistic programs for visionary Australian arts houses MONA in lutruwita/Tasmania, and Carriageworks on the Eora Nation/Sydney.
Jennifer works primarily with new Australian writing to champion and elevate voices that reflect the depth, richness, and diversity of our nation home, and aims to place these narratives at the forefront of national storytelling.
Selected acting credits include the role of Helayas Breen in the world premiere of the new Australian work The Museum of Modern Love (2022 Sydney Festival and the Seymour Centre); Marlow in Extinction of the Learned Response (Belvoir 25A); and television appearances in The Last Anniversary (Binge), Bay of Fires (ABC), and the recurring role of Stacey across four seasons of beloved hit comedy Rosehaven(ABC).
Selected for Sydney Theatre Company/Contemporary Asian Australian Performance Director's Initiative 2019-2021, Jennifer's selected directing credits include Hilary Bell's chamber piece and world premiere Window, Cricket Bat (2022 Sydney Festival and Griffin Theatre) and Assistant Director on Mosquitoes (Sydney Theatre Company), and Assistant Director on the Sydney Theatre Award winning Of Mice and Men (Sport for Jove).
In 2023, she was the Creative Producer for Australia's peak body for play development, Australian Plays Transform, where she independently curated and delivered a statewide playwriting mentorship program in lutruwita for artists identifying as First Nations, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, and/or People of Colour.

Glenna Thomson (Author)
After a successful career in overseas aid, and as a senior executive with a global food company, Glenna and her husband spent almost twenty years living and working on their cattle property in rural Victoria. During that time they also owned and operated a commercial blueberry orchard. Glenna's time in the country enables her to write authentically about life in the city as well as in remote locations. She now lives in inner Melbourne with her husband. She is also the author of Blueberry and Stella and Margie.

Jennifer Rani (Reader)
Jennifer Rani is an actor, director and creative producer of South Asian and Welsh descent.
She holds a postgraduate degree in post-colonial literature and has produced seminal artistic programs for visionary Australian arts houses MONA in lutruwita/Tasmania, and Carriageworks on the Eora Nation/Sydney.
Jennifer works primarily with new Australian writing to champion and elevate voices that reflect the depth, richness, and diversity of our nation home, and aims to place these narratives at the forefront of national storytelling.
Selected acting credits include the role of Helayas Breen in the world premiere of the new Australian work The Museum of Modern Love (2022 Sydney Festival and the Seymour Centre); Marlow in Extinction of the Learned Response (Belvoir 25A); and television appearances in The Last Anniversary (Binge), Bay of Fires (ABC), and the recurring role of Stacey across four seasons of beloved hit comedy Rosehaven(ABC).
Selected for Sydney Theatre Company/Contemporary Asian Australian Performance Director's Initiative 2019-2021, Jennifer's selected directing credits include Hilary Bell's chamber piece and world premiere Window, Cricket Bat (2022 Sydney Festival and Griffin Theatre) and Assistant Director on Mosquitoes (Sydney Theatre Company), and Assistant Director on the Sydney Theatre Award winning Of Mice and Men (Sport for Jove).
In 2023, she was the Creative Producer for Australia's peak body for play development, Australian Plays Transform, where she independently curated and delivered a statewide playwriting mentorship program in lutruwita for artists identifying as First Nations, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, and/or People of Colour.