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President
Julie has taught and written materials for students and teachers in U.K Australia, Canada USA.
Her leadership roles include Head of Education at the Australian Museum, Manager, Academic Learning Centre, International College of Management Sydney and General Manager of the Peer Support Foundation.
She founded Leading and Learning which developed projects for charities, businesses, and schools. She loves reading, writing, singing, art bushwalking and travel.
Her novel Nowt But Drippin’ was published in 2019. She is working on 'Sisters' an anthology of short stories.
Treasurer
My working life led to such diverse experiences as teaching, teacher education, educational research and school administration in United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States.
I love to sketch, cycle, bush walk and cook. Travel is my passion and I have visited over 30 countries.
My creative writing journey has only just begun, which why I joined ‘Spill the Beans”!
Secretary & Public Officer
Erica is a passionate environmental scientist who has worked locally and internationally on a range of environmental projects.
She is now semi-retired, enjoying teaching Land Conservation at TAFE and trying to focus more on her writing. In addition to writing short stories and micro-fiction, she is currently translating and writing her Grandmother's memoir.
Book compilation and design
An aspiring writer with a love of diversity, a strong advocate for inclusivity who dreams of tangoing over the terrain with a Therizinosaurus.
Challenge Editor
Adelaide Hunter’s love of stories began very early when she listened to her father reading The Little Matchgirlby Hans Christian Andersen. The rest is history.
Adelaide writes in a variety of genres and is published in the anthology Weaving Words and ink Magazine She belongs to the writing group Write on Water, participates in the Self-Publishing Australia community and is a member of Sydney Authors Inked.
IT advisor
Anna Ceguerra lives in Sydney, Australia with her beloved dog, Patchy.
Having spent many years building a career in science and software development, she loves weaving futuristic themes into unique and exciting stories.
Check out her website
Grants and Fundraising
I joined Spill the Beans to get motivated with my writing, as well as to meet people with a similar interest. It is great to see the wonderfully diverse stories written by members – who come from all walks of life.
I find the writing challenges are fun and really look forward to them.
I have lived in the Manly area for 30 years but am not a Northern Beaches native, having migrated to Australia as a child and grown up in western Sydney. I have lived in Queensland and on the NSW mid-north coast and have a daughter who lives in Melbourne.
For the past two decades, I have worked in local government, mainly in community development.
I am interested psychology, music and art and enjoy walking in nature and swimming.
I hope to put my skills to good use for the Beans and help raise funds for the group.
Photographer & Poet
Laurie Wilson grew up on the Northern Beaches and spent most of his working like as a research scientist, specialising in applications of physics and computer science in medicine.
He worked at the Universities of Sydney and Oxford and later led research groups in CSIRO in medical imaging research, with a focus on clinical ultrasound.
Since retiring, he has revived a strong interest in photography, and is now a frequent speaker to U3A (University of the Third Age) and other community groups on his interests in science and photography.
Social Media
Elyse is currently directing her first movie and is taking a break from the 'Beans'
Could you lend a hand with social media?
At just 21 years old, Elyse landed her professional debut as writer, director and animator of "Drawing the Line" (SBS). In 2022, Elyse worked as a Production Assistant at Blackbird VFX, managing artists and assets on projects such as "Class of '07" (Amazon Prime) and "Shantaram" (Apple+).
Elyse also animated two First Nations documentaries: "Larapinta" (NITV, 2023) and "To Be Silent" (Sydney Film Festival, 2023).
We are looking for volunteers to help with membership, events and maintaining our website a
Could that be you?
Send an email to spillthebeans321@gmail.com