Trip of a Lifetime

Dr Liz Byrski AM is a novelist, non-fiction writer, former journalist and ABC broadcaster, with more than fifty years of experience in the British and Australian media. She is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including Gang of Four and A Month of Sundays, as well as more than a dozen non-fiction books. In 2025 Byrski was awarded the Australian Medal for 'significant service to tertiary education and to literature'. She lives in Melbourne, Australia, and has two sons and twin grandsons.

Heather Bolton is a Melbourne-based actor who has extensive stage and screen experience. After winning a GOFTA for her role as Meg in Gaylene Preston’s 1985 debut feature Mr Wrong, she went on to feature in television series Blue Heelers, Stingers, Rush and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, and films Illustrious Energy, Rainbow’s End and The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. Heather also writes and performs in plays for Melbourne’s Ranters Theatre.