HLF Speakers

Jami Proctor Xu （徐贞敏）is a bilingual poet, essayist, translator and mother who writes in Chinese and English. Her poems and translations have […]

Kavita A. Jindal is an award-winning Indian-British author who writes across genres. Her novel Manual For A Decent Life (Linen Press)

Stephanie Green is a poet, essayist, biographer and short story writer, widely published in Australian and international journals, including Meniscus, StylusLit, Axon, TEXT, and Live Encounters, and in anthologies

Dmitry Legeza is a poet, a member of the Union of Russian Writers and the Union of Writers of St.

Olga Anikina is a Russian poet, novelist, essayist, and translator based in Saint Petersburg. A member of the Union of Writers

Lara Gularte is Poet Laureate Emeritus of El Dorado County, California. Her most recent book of poetry, Fourth World Woman,

American poet Mike Jurkovic is the 2025 Ulster County, NY Poet Laureate. His work has been published internationally, though with

Sharon Mesmer is a poet, fiction writer and essayist. Her poetry collections are Greetings from My Girlie Leisure Place (Bloof), The Virgin Formica (Hanging

Bengt Berg considers the world his home and enjoys living and working in a landscape characterised by silence and wild