| NIGELKRAUTH | Which Australian novelist and academic wrote the political thriller Freedom Highway (1999) (5,6) |
| LASCELLESABERCROMBIE | Which English poet and academic wrote the collection Mary and the Bramble (1910) |
| CHINUAACHEBE | Nigerian novelist and academic whose first novel was 1958's Things Fall Apart (6,6) |
| CAREY | Peter _; Australian novelist and Booker Prize winner (5) |
| STEWART | Kristen _ plays the title role in the political thriller, Seberg (7) |
| RUSSELLBRADDON | Which Australian novelist was a Japanese prisoner of war who spent time on the Burma-Thailand railwa |
| DUNBAR | Which Scottish poet at the court of James IV wrote the political allegory The Thistle and the Rose ( |
| MAY | (C): Elaine, who wrote the political com-dram movie, Primary Colors. |
| JACKHIBBERD | Which Australian playwright wrote Dimboola (1968) and A Stretch of the Imagination (1972)? (4,7) |
| EILEENJOYCE | Which Australian pianist made the soundtracks for the film Wherever She Goes (1951) which is based on her own life? (6,5) |
| CHRISHAMMER | The protagonist for which Australian crime writer is the much-troubled ex-foreign correspondent, Martin Scarsden? (5,6) |
| PETER | Australian novelist who has won the Booker Prize twice, for Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang (5,5) |
| PETERCAREY | Australian novelist who has won the Booker Prize twice, for Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang (5,5) |
| BRADBURY | Malcolm -; author and academic who wrote The History Man and Rates of Exchange (8) |
| GREER | Germaine - - -, Australian-born writer and academic whose ground-breaking works include The Female Eunuch (5) |
| JEDI | Ancient monastic and academic organisation, the main protagonists in the Star Wars universe |
| TRAGIC | Brahms wrote the ____ and Academic Festival overtures as contrasting pieces in 1880 |
| TIMWINTON | Australian novelist acclaimed for works such as Cloud Street and Breath (3,6) |
| WHITE | Patrick, Australian novelist who won the 1973 Nobel prize for literature (5) |
| MCCULLOUGH | Colleen, Australian novelist noted for The Thorn Birds (10) |
