Axel Bosselmann, 71

Axel Bosselmann, 71

Some people are talkers. Others are doers. As recently as last year, Axel Bosselmann was in Uganda and Sudan, providing guidance and leadership to refugees; conducting audits in war zones, restoring bio-medicinal resources and working in the Tonj/Wau region. He has...
Margo Knox, 71

Margo Knox, 71

Margo Knox has a qualification in age. Being 73 she wants to know “What The Hell Has Happened to Our Elder-hood”. Margo has written, published, and talked about the gems of ageing for the past 15 years. She has run many workshops for people retiring, making big...
Jan Flower, 81

Jan Flower, 81

In 2019, Jan Flower lost her beloved husband, a journalist and writer. She admits to still processing a lot of grief and learning to be without him, but she is ready to take the baton of creative pen and write her way to happiness. Jan was a teacher in Papua New...
Robbie Wesley, 73

Robbie Wesley, 73

Robbie Wesley is a published poet and produced playwright. She has performed at Murwillumbah’s ‘Poets Out Loud’ and won the Darwin Writers’ Festival Poetry Slam. Robbie was a teacher in Jakarta and a pupil at a Buddhist Monastery. She was “born under a wandering...
Daniele Lamarche-Sarvia, 66

Daniele Lamarche-Sarvia, 66

Risk takers. Fervent life observers. These are the defining characters of the 2020 Gran Slam cohort. Daniele Lamarche-Sarvia is no exception. Descended from a long line of visual artists, art curators and archaeologists, Daniele has traversed the earth in pursuit of...