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Our Staff

The Writers Victoria office and program are coordinated and managed by our dedicated staff team. 

Flora Lun

Finance Manager

Flora is CPA qualified accountant. She has a skill for telling a story with numbers, which makes her an integral part of the team at Writers Victoria. Flora loves working with and around writers, and looks forward to improving her own writing skills – gaining confidence with writing styles related to her work as well as personally, and she hopes to one day share her unique views on the world via her writing. She is also an energetic body pumper who loves to go to the gym.


Gabriella Munoz

Program Manager

Gabriella is a writer and editor with a background in online and print publications, social media and project management.

She holds a BA in Media and Communications and has postgraduate qualifications in English Literature and Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Prior to joining Writers Victoria she worked in marketing and communications at the Stella Prize, was an editor for BAPNG and a sessional tutor at Swinburne University.

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George Kartas

Program Admin Officer: Community

George/Georgia Kartas is a writer, researcher and performer living on unceded Wurundjeri land. They co-run Thin Red Lines, a quarterly poetry event in Naarm. George’s writing has appeared in Antithesis Journal, Cordite, no more poetry, and The Lifted Brow, and in 2020 they were a recipient of a Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship. In 2023, they debuted their poetry-performance lecture show, ‘True Myths’, at La Mama Theatre. George is also a bookseller and tarot reader, Brunswick Bound’s monthly book club host, and the Reviews Editor of Kalliope X


Jeanie Watson

Marketing and Communications Manager

Jeanie is responsible for developing, managing and delivering the organisation’s marketing and communications strategies and activities, and maintaining a strong ongoing profile and presence for Writers Victoria. She builds and maintains relationships with key stakeholders and partners. Jeanie is the best person to contact about advertising opportunities and member benefits.


Julie Skate

CEO

As CEO, Julie is responsible for creating and implementing Writers Victoria’s strategic plan, leading a strong and passionate team, managing financial requirements, and ensuring the ongoing operational management of the organisation. 

Julie has an undergraduate qualification in Film and Television and post-graduate qualifications in Interior Design, Arts Management, Indigenous Partnerships and Governance.

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Miri Hirschfeld

Co-Writeability Program Manager

Miri Hirschfeld is a Project Coordinator with a background in museums and galleries. She has worked at arts organisations including ACMI, the National Gallery of Victoria, The National Gallery, London and the Hayward Gallery. Miri studied Art History at Victoria University of Wellington and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

Miri manages the Writeability Goes Local and Writeability Goes Online programs for disabled writers.

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Sarah Giles

Marketing and Memberships Officer

Sarah is a writer, sessional academic and PhD candidate at Swinburne University. Her writing has been published in ACE IV, The Writing Mind: Creative Writing Responses to Images of the Living Brain, ACE III, The Incompleteness Book and TEXT Journal, among others.

As Marketing and Memberships Officer, Sarah is responsible for the administration of our membership program and is the first point of contact for our members. Sarah works with the Marketing and Communications Manager to deliver Writers Victoria’s marketing and communications strategies and activities, and maintain a strong ongoing profile and presence for the organisation.

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