Past Festival Participants

November 2009
Gish Jen	Pankaj Mishra	Colm Toibin

2009
Martin Alexander Margaret Atwood Andrew Barker Sarah Brennan Michelle Cahill Neel Chowdhury Rana Dasgupta Mio Debnam Sally Dellow Xujun Eberlein Jonathan Fenby Charles Foran Nashua Gallagher Sophie Gee Adele C. Geraghty Graeme Gibson Margaret Grace Ina Grigorova Tanya Hart Mohammed Hanif Louise Ho	Viki Holmes Susan Jamieson Tim Kaiser Mark Kitto Elizabeth Laird Nam Le Claire Lee Janice Lee Jason Lee Min Jin Lee Shirley Lee Arthur Leung P.K. Leung Julia Lovell Richard McGregor Mara Moustafine John O’Sullivan Not A Muse Laksmi Pamuntjak Kate Rogers Tony Ross	Thaddeus Rutkowski Anna Sherman Madeleine Marie Slavick Miguel Syjuco Chiew-Siah Tei Jerffrey Wasserstrom Julia Whitty Frances Wood Michael Wood Word Wrap®Chorus Zhu Wen Aaliya Zaveri Lifen Zhang Markus Zusak Simon Schama

2008
Martin Alexander Philip Ardagh Andrew Barker Priya Basil Marina Benjamin Fatima Bhutto Sarah Brennan Kerry Brown Cai Tianxin Ming Chen Linda Christanty David Davidar Sally Dellow Tan Twan Eng Anne Enright Michael Enright Larry Feign Espido Freire Patrick Gale Rob Gifford Sayed Gouda	Duncan Hewitt Justin Hill Alon Hilu John Hoffman Viki Holmes Greg Hunt Witi Ihimaera Gail Jones Mitsuyo Kakuta Isa Kamari Christopher Kremmer Edward Larson Jason Lee Harry Lewis Marina Lewycka Laura Tyson Li Yiyun Li John Man Ian McEwan David McKirdy Peter Moss	Kirsty Murray Ng Yi-Sheng PoetryLive! Kathy Reichs Catherine Sampson Ziauddin Sardar Shakespeare4All Zhang Lijia Madeleine Marie Slavick Dava Sobel Rosemarie Somaiah Manreet Sodhi Someshwar Madeleine Thien Colin Thubron Jane Wong Jennifer Wong Word Wrap® Chorus Yan Geling Yang Hengjun Francesca Simon

2007
Martin Alexander Tony Banham Chetan Bhagat Urvashi Butalia Bob Carr Nigel Collett Sally Dellow Shaiyra Devi Kiran Desai Julia Donaldson Shamini Flint Charles Foran Peter Gordon Morris Gleitzman Alice Greenway Romesh Gunesekera Guo Xiaolu Baby Halder Daniel Hall Susanna Hoe Viki Holmes Jam Ismail Uzodinma Iweala Madhur Jaffrey	Alan Jefferies Ed Jocelyn Marysia Juszczakiewicz Timonthy Kaiser Ilyas Khan Jan Latta Leung Ping-Kwan Gail Carson Levine Grace Lin Christine Loh Cheryl Long Jo Lusby Andrew Mcewan David McKirdy Pankaj Mishra Jan Morris Peter Moss Peter Neville Andrew O Connor Lynne O Donnel Sophie Paine Laksmi Pamuntjak Linda Sue Park Mani Rao	John Ralston Saul Rosemary Sayer Karmel Schreyer Claire Scobie Shih Shu-Ching Madeleine Marie Slavick Peter Stuart Sun Shuyun Amy Tan David Tang Katherine Thomson Roseanne Thong Celestine Vatte Gore Vidal Daniel Watts Adam Williams Jennifer Wong Simon Winchester Xu Xi Namu Yang

2006
Martin Alexander John Banville Kunal Basu Jasper Becker Simon Napier Bell Gillian Bickley Brian Castro Gordon Chang Chen Jiang Hong Nigel Collett Karen Connelly Colin Cotterill Mike Dash Robert Elegant Marjorie Evasco Gerald Fierst Paul French Charles Foran Nell Freudenberger	Sayed Gouda Karl Taro Greenfield Marie Heaney Seamus Heaney Minfong Ho Pico Iyer Gish Jen Gidget Jimenez Rattawut Lapcharoensap Emma Larkin Armand Leroi Shirley Lim Catherine Louis Ma Jian Peter Maize Margaret Read MacDonald David McKirdy Suketu Mehta Mian Mian	Doris Pilkington Elena Poniatowska Bill Purves Rosemary Sayer Jose Carlos Somoza Mishi Saran Tom Standage Wes Stevens Karmel Schreyer Eric Stone Su Tong Chris Tao Tarun Tejpal Ayu Utami Nury Vittachi Ian Whybrow Elsie Tu Libby Wong Krip Yuson

2005
Martin Alexander Denise Chong Chetan Bhagat William Dalrymple Deborah Ellis Seth Faison Tim Harper Shirley Hazzard Alan Hollinghurst Yu Hua Timothy Kaiser Hitomi Kanehara	Yasmina Khadra Eddin Khoo Thomas Keneally Hari Kunzru David McKirdy Alex Miller Rosie Milne Robin Minietta Linda Newbery Peter Osborne Alvin Pang Anna Reid	Jess Row Shan Sa Karmel Schreyer Siddharth D Shanghvi Madeleine Marie Slavick Jeremy Strong Chad Taylor Hsu-Ming Teo Roseanne Thong Elsie Tu M G Vassanji Nury Vittachi

2004
Martin Alexander Anita Rau Badami Jane Bhandari Gillian Bickley Francois Bizot John Carey Meira Chand Felix Cheong Gillian Cross Kavita Daswani Charles Foran Valery Garrett Cynthia Gralla Stan Grant Han Shaogong	Annabel Jackson Gish Jen Kavita Jindal Ian Johnson Nicholas Jose Timothy Kaiser Manju Kapur Maxine Hong Kingston Michelle de Kretser Dino Mahoney Pankaj Mishra David Mitchell Chris Mooney-Singh Janet de Neefe Mani Rao	Lorette Roberts Kerri Sakamoto Sally de Souza Colin Thompson Le Thi Diem Thuy Alexandra Tolstoy Roseanne Tong Michael Vatikiotis Shane Weaver Cyril Wong Jason Wordie Qui Xiaolong Paul Yee Yong Shu Hoong

2003
Andy Brown Wayson Choy Gavin Coates Shobhaa De Narinder Dhami Robert Favole Charles Foran Karl Taro Greenfeld Kerry Greenwood Mark Hanusz Robin Hemley Peter Hessler Liu Hong Ray Hu	Paul Jennings Barry Kalb Larissa Lai Agnes Lam Russell Leong Leung Ping-kwan Shane Maloney Andrew Marshall Yann Martel David McKirdy Rosie Milne Frank Moorhouse Lensey Namioka Taslima Nasrin	Christopher New Bill Purves Margaret Read MacDonald Mani Rao Karmel Schreyer Allan Sealy Madeleine Thein Roseanne Thong Pramoedya Ananta Toer Nury Vittachi Denis Way Kris Webb

2002
Adam Aitken Martin Alexander Dewi Anggraeni Jasper Becker Gillian Bickley Verner Bickley Kingsley Bolton Pauline Bolton David Brookshaw Jane Camens Julien Carbon Evans Chan Amit Chaudhuri Ming Chen Cavin Coates Laurent Courtiaud Mary Cunnane Todd Crowell Jose Y. Dalisay Brian Dibble Fernanda Dias David Elfick Moris Farhi Henrique de Senna Fernandes Gilbert Fong Charles Foran Anhua Gao Amitav Ghosh Peter Gordon Lawrence Gray Karl Taro Greenfeld Alice Gruenfelder Robin Hemley	Justin Hill Huang Bei Ling Pico Iyer Linda Jaivin Carlos Morais Jose Christopher Kelen Jennifer Kolitch Mina Cerny Kumar Alex Kuo Hanif Kureishi Agnes Lam Lam Chong Heng Elaine Ho Louise Shew Wan Ho Brian Holton Jam Ismail Annabel Jackson Agnes Shun-Ling Lam Mabel Lee P.K. Leung Yang Lian M.L. Liebler Catherine Lim Shirley Geok-Lin Lim Lio Chi Heng Bey Logan Fernando Sales Lopes Dino Mahoney David McKirdy Lawrence Ah Mun Jake Needham Christopher New Raymond Ng	Tony Le Nguyen David Parker Mani Rao Jacob Rajan Stephen Rogers Karmel Schreyer Josue da Silva Madeleine Marie Slavick Pira Sudham Arthur Sze Hwee Hwee Tan Roseanne Thong Glenn Timmermans Leow Puay Tin Michael Vatikiotis Nury Vittachi Annie Wang Denis Way Merle Linda Wolin David Wong Louie David T.K. Wong Jim Wong-Chu Daniel Wu Xu Xi Vivian Yang Yao Jing Ming Ouyang Yu Dina Zaman Zhao Chuan (Leslie)

2001
Robert Abel Jane Camens Jose Wendell P Capili Lynda Chanwai-Earle Ming Chen Kee Thuan Chye Gavin Coates Colin Day Charles Foran Goh Poh Seng Romesh Gunesekera Louise Ho Alex Kuo	Agnes Lam Marra Lanot Lau Siew Mei Leong Liew Geok Elaine Leung P.K. Leung Shirley Geok-lin Lim Tony Mahon Dino Mahoney Reine Aracha Melvin Timothy Mo Mike Morrow David Parker Mani Rao	Nadine Sarreal Kirpal Singh Madeline Marie Slavick Atima Srivastava Hsu Ming Teo Gail Tsukiyama Michael Vatikiotis Nury Vittachi Shawn Wong Xu Xi Krip Yusson