Emma Ashmere's short story collection DREAMS THEY FORGOT (Wakefield Press) is on the Sydney Morning Herald's 2020 Books To Read. "Ashmere's prose is precise, almost elusive, reading at times like poetry" BOOKS+PUBLISHING. Her short stories have been widely published & shortlisted including: Overland/NUW Fair Aust Prize, Newcastle Short Story Prize, Commonwealth Short Story Prize & longlisted Big Issue Fiction Edition & Heroines Prize. Her debut novel The Floating Garden was shortisted for the Small Press Network Book of the Year/MUBA 2016. She was born on Kaurna land in Adelaide South Australia, and lives on Bundjalung country in NSW. Emma (she/her) is on Instagram, Twitter and Mastadon.