Dylin Hardcastle

Dylin Hardcastle is an award-winning author, artist, screenwriter and former Provost’s Scholar at the University of Oxford based on Gadigal Land. They are four books. Their work has been published to critical acclaim in eleven territories and translated into eight languages. They are the co-creator, co-writer and co-director of the series Cloudy River, which premiered at Mardi Gras Film Festival in 2020 and was later acquired by SBS On Demand. As an artist, they have travelled to Antarctica, South America and Europe for artist residencies. Their novel A Language of Limbs was written as part of their PhD in Creative Writing at the University of New South Wales. In 2023, A Language of Limbs won the Kathleen Mitchell Award through the Australia Council for the Arts. The novel has been optioned by Curio (Sony Pictures) and is in development.