The 2025 Visible Ink Team

Editor-in-Chief

Joyce Protacio is an editor and a dessert enthusiast based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. Alongside her work for Visible Ink, she also serves as a communications officer for Editors Victoria. Previously a financial auditor, she now enjoys technical and narrative nonfiction editing, finding her niche in the cookbook genre. Joyce can often be found in one of Melbourne’s many cafes with a coffee and cake, working on her food blog Caramel Threads.

Secretary

Otto Riddell (he/she) is a student studying the Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing, having previously completed the Certificate IV. He also likes dogs, video games, and a good cup of tea. 

Managing Editor

Amber is an editor from Adelaide, South Australia. She has a Bachelor of Creative Industries from Flinders University and is a final-year student of RMIT’s PWE associate degree. In 2023, she interned at MidnightSun Publishing, and now works as a freelance copyeditor.

Amber has acquired a bunch of fancy-sounding titles this year: she’s the managing editor of Visible Ink, the current student advisor to Editors Victoria, and the production manager of the 2025 Odyssey Literary Festival. She also contributed to and edited Where Light Falls, the 2025 PWE anthology, and is absolutely thrilled to now be part of Melbourne’s lively literary community.

Maz is a creative nonfiction writer based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is studying Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT.

Clare Dixon is a Melbourne-based student and (an aspiring) writer. She tried her hand at arts at the University of Adelaide before finding her calling studying Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT.  Her writing often features murder mysteries with some humorous banter thrown in. You can find her @clare_dixon05 on Instagram.

Katya Dugec is a writer, an editor and an artist. Her microfiction has been published in The Victorian Writer. She is currently working on her first manuscript, a high-fantasy novel exploring regret, and what it means to be redeemed. She is co-writing a YA urban-fantasy novel that mixes eastern and western European mythology. 

Dulcie Evans is an Australian/British writer specialising in her own fiction and professional nonfiction work. Taking inspiration from her life as a traveler, an ex-professional dancer and an occasional ballet teacher, Dulcie is currently balancing her time as a freelance writer and her plethora of manuscripts and novellas. Her work can be found at Dulcie Writing on Pointe on Substack with adjacent socials like LinkedIn and @dulcie_evans_write on Instagram.

Matt Freeman was shortlisted for the Richell Prize in 2024 for his debut horror collection, Old Monsters, in which reimagined vampires, ghosts and werewolves haunt the backroads and suburbs of contemporary Australia, unveiling the horror beneath everyday life. His work has appeared in Two Wolves Digest and Aurealis. He was a contributor to Visible Ink in 2024. Find out more at mattfreemanhorrorwriter.com.au‍ ‍or read his newsletter at Murder and Create on Substack.

Mason Henshall is a Professional Writing and Editing student at RMIT with a fondness for all that’s uncomfortable and unearthly. When he’s not asleep with his cats, you may find him suspended from an aerial rig or adventuring into the unknown.

Persephone Daisy Hunter is a queer Naarm-based freelance journalist, a writer and an editor. She is published in Archer Magazine. Her Substack, Persephone’s Diary, contains her latest work – including social and cultural analysis and criticism relating to young women’s issues. You can keep up to date with Persephone @persephonedaisyhunter on Instagram and Substack.

Claire has made music, toured with her band, acted in plays, and has had many kinds of jobs. She’s currently a first-year student in RMIT’s Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing. She started life as a Montrealer, became a Torontonian and is now a Melburnian. A hat trick of excellent cities.

Christine Bayley is an editor working in Naarm/Melbourne. Her biological sciences background has given her a keen eye for detail and a passion for storytelling. Whether you’re a human or a protozoan, she believes that everyone has a tale to tell, and wants to help you tell it.

Edwina Berry is a writer and editor based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is currently studying Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. With a science and music background, Edwina enjoys finding ways to make complex information more accessible to the community. 

Katrina Bosanquet is a Naarm-based editor building up her experience in Visible Ink’s 2025 editorial team. She’s also working through her last year of RMIT’s Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing. With an eye for detail, Katrina enjoys bringing out the potential in every piece she edits. She describes herself as a bibliophilic book-dragon. Find her at katrinabosanquet.com

Hi, my name is Abby (she/they) and I am proudly part of the queer community. Um, whenever I am asked about my hobbies my mind always blanks (but trust me, guys, I do have hobbies, I swear). I am an avid fantasy reader and too often read a whole book in one day. I love to customise my avatar because life is too boring otherwise and would love to be considered fashionable and a style icon, which also means I spend way too much money on clothes.

Jihan lives and works on Wurundjeri country and is leisurely meandering her way through the PWE course while working as a policy professional. She loves the movement and sound of well-placed words, like music, and can often be found wandering in a blissful daze around her local op shops.

Madeline McFarlane is a writer, a bookseller and an editor living and working in Naarm. Specialising in poetry and essays, she tends to write about queerness, culture and the small, everyday cervices between life and death. In her spare time, she runs her own blog, Growing Pains, where she writes about anything and everything. If she’s not writing, you’ll probably find her drinking coffee and collaging with her cat, Selene.

Talisha is a writer and an editor with a particular interest in literary fiction and narrative nonfiction that explores the complexity of human relationships. In a previous life, she was a classically trained musician and currently works in social policy.

Anastasia is an emerging writer, editor and all-round creative in her final year of Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. Working and creating in and around Victoria, she loves all things language, fashion and music. See more of Anastasia's creative work here on Linktree or @flojones.jpeg on Instagram.

Melissa Kate Reed is a writer, a poet and an editor from Melbourne. As a writer, Melissa is most inspired by Biblical themes and natural imagery. She also loves to write about third-culture and other cross-cultural experiences. Her nonfiction work has been featured in CULTURS online magazine. Find her at melissakatereed.com

Adriana Salib is an aspiring editor, a writer and a communications specialist living in Naarm/Melbourne. After working in various roles across a range of industries, she decided to follow her heart and she now studies the Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. Whenever she isn’t studying, she can be found singing, spending time with family or exploring new parks and bushlands.

Rowan Williams lives in Naarm/Melbourne. He is studying Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. Rowan was an editor of the 2023 anthology What You Become, and his work was highly commended in the 2020 Darebin Mayor’s Writing Awards. He sometimes makes autobiographical comics. You can find him @rowilliams_ on Instagram.

Rhiannon Bentley is a writer, an editor, an animator and an artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. As a student in RMIT’s Professional Writing and Editing degree, they edited the award-winning photo book Ruby Slippers. When not planning their next travelling adventure, you can find them practising watercolour painting and hanging out with their pets. You can find them @rhiannonbentley on Instagram.

Nadjellah Mendoza is a copywriter and content creator, publishing reflective pieces (@ellah.marie_) and MMA copies (@poundforcemma) on social media. Although she hails from Victoria, her writer’s heart sets its home in Philippines and England. Her short story ‘Mirror’ can be found in Bowen Street Press’s anthology, Grit and Growing. 

Alice Reid is a writer, a librarian and an artist living on the lands of the Wurundjeri people in Victoria, Australia. Alice is the founding editor of online literary magazine Two Wolves Digest (twowolvesdigest.com).

Chance is a Melbourne-based aspiring author who writes comedy, romance and young adult novels. His stories often discuss social issues in a hilarious but incredibly honest manner. Currently, Chance is losing sleep over a young adult manuscript and can be found enjoying the oddities in life with a punk-rock flair. You can catch him @chance.thewriter on Instagram.

Charlie is an emerging writer and a communications professional. With a passion for film and music as well as writing, her works often cross the lines between pop culture and prose. She is currently based in Naarm, but is always heavily influenced by her childhood growing up queer in rural Victoria. You can find her on her Substack and Instagram.  

Tien Le (she/her) is an emerging Vietnamese writer based in Melbourne, Australia who primarily writes young adult fiction. If she isn’t reading, she can be found watching crime documentaries and paranormal investigations late at night or listening to music as she creates her next fictional world. You can find more of her writing @lilysstorybook on Instagram. 

Kate Purchase is a writer and an editor from the outskirts of Naarm/Melbourne. After completing a Bachelor of Arts degree she went searching for what she was passionate about and found Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. Since then she has been a part of Vis Ink’s community team, showcasing Visible Ink at events including RMIT’s Open Day and the City North Shared Futures Festival. Kate is passionate about writing and editing and is always looking to grow her skills and support other writers and editors. You can find her @katepurchase.creates on Instagram.  

Yannick is an award-winning writer and creative writing teacher. He's written three novels (four if you count the terrible one he wrote as a teenager, a book that exists only on a floppy disk somewhere).

As a writer, he likes telling stories about relationships, not just romantic ones, but also exploring people’s relationships with their family, friends, their communities and their environment.

His debut novel, The Current, was commended in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, while his second novel, White Foam, was shortlisted for Hachette Publishing’s Richell Prize and highly commended for the Jim Hamilton Award. His latest novel, The Marriage Gap Year, is a feel-good romantic comedy and launched in September 2024.

Louisa Syme is an editor and educator, based in Naarm/Melbourne. She teaches in RMIT’s Professional Writing and Editing associate degree and coordinates the editing courses. She has worked both in-house and freelance as an editor, and for almost a decade facilitated creative-writing workshops for writers experiencing psychosocial disability. She previously worked as a Victoria Legal Aid lawyer and retains a keen interest in social justice, though these days her focus is on the liberatory potential of education.

Dzintra is a writer, designer, digital content specialist and an award-winning entrepreneur based in the Dandenong Ranges. Dzintra has worked on digital learning projects for some of Australia's biggest companies including Mecca Cosmetics, Coles, Australia Post and for the Parliament of Victoria, and has been teaching in the PWE program at RMIT for the last eight years. More recently, Dzintra started her own ecommerce business Cloth & Crown, using her social media savviness to build a large online following, leading to her winning bronze for Retail Excellence and Sustainability at the 2020 Ausmumpreneur Awards.

Sarah Vincent graduated from RMIT’s Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing in 2016. Her memoir Death by Dim Sim was published by Penguin Random House in 2017 and released by Audible in 2018. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous journals and have been shortlisted for the Joanne Burns Award, the Bridport Flash Fiction Prize, and The Lifted Brow & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. Sarah worked at Writers Victoria for five years and has also freelanced as a copywriter and communications specialist across not-for-profit and government sectors. In 2024, she was awarded the Varuna Affirm Press Fellowship, and her debut novel Bloodstains are the New Black will be published by Affirm Press/Simon & Schuster in 2027.

John is the Program Manager of the Professional Writing and Editing (PWE) and Screenwriting programs at RMIT's College of Vocational Education. In another life, he wrote and script-edited many of Australia’s most successful television drama series, including Holly’s Heroes, The Saddle Club, Phoenix, The Flying Doctors and Bed of Roses. He has won two Australian Writers’ Guild AWGIE Awards for the children’s series Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left, and the classic Carson’s Law. John has written and script-edited local and international mini-series and telefeatures (Tribe, The Last Of The Ryans, Backlands), and developed feature and mini-series material for major Australian and European producers.