Sydney-based creative producer, writer and curator working across literature, storytelling and Jewish cultural programming. Her work creates intimate artistic encounters through live events, performance and conversation. Her poetry was recognised in the Shalom Collective Australian Jewish Writers Awards in 2025.

Naomi has been performing spoken-word poetry since 2018 and has entertained at open mic nights from Bondi to Bankstown and beyond.

She loves entertaining Jewish audiences the most because they know what gefilte fish is!

Miriam Hechtman is a writer, producer and arts curator. She is the founder and creative director of Poetica, a live poetry, music and arts initiative, and the editor of The Alphabet of Women (Ginninderra Press 2022). Miriam is well known in Sydney for her community gatherings, her clear and kind leadership and her ability to create inclusive and creative events.

Throughout her working life, Miriam has partnered with artists and creatives to produce significant projects on screen, on the page and in real life. She lives in Sydney with her husband, two daughters, and Poppy the dog.

Beth Steiner is a writer whose first novel, Pearl Beach, was released in May 2026. Alongside her work as a writer, Beth is a primary school teacher whose most recent position involved establishing a public school radio station, teaching students to podcast, rap and write their own slams. Beth enjoys cold ocean swims, doesn’t leave home without a notebook and won the Culinary Award two years in a row in high school. To this day, she makes a mean choc chip cookie.