The Washerwoman's Dream

Throughout her distinguished career as an author, Hilarie Lindsay has published more than 20 books across a range of genres including short stories, poetry, fiction, children’s, non-fiction and a full-length play. Her first published work was in The Grenfell Record after winning The Grenfell Prose award in 1966 and 1967. She is a past president of the Society of Women Writers and was awarded the MBE for services to literature in 1975 and followed it up with an OAM in 2006. As well as her writing career, Hilarie has run her family’s toy company, A.L. Lindsay & Co, in Leichhardt, Sydney, for more than 40 years and was the first woman president of the Toy & Games Manufacturers of Australia.

Julie Nihill has over 25 years award-winning experience in some ten Australian feature films, numerous plays with MTC, STC and SATC and many mini-series and television dramas. She is widely known for her role in Blue Heelers as the publican Chris Riley, although it was her portrayal as Jessie Bradman in the iconic TV series Bodyline that firmly established her in the Australian film industry. Julie is widely experienced in voice over, narration, radio drama and also teaches drama. She has performed on stage for many prestigious theatre companies including the Melbourne Theatre Company and Bell Shakespeare Co. among others.