Kirstie Bedford is an award-winning travel writer, trained journalist, editor and podcaster with three decades of experience in the media industry.

She is Editor, Luxury at Karryon; Editor-at-Large The Wanderer magazine and podcast host of The World Awaits. She is also a freelance travel writer with recent stories published in Australian Geographic, New Zealand Herald, Sunday Star Times, Stuff, and Vacations & Travel magazine.

She started her career as a hard news journalist reporting live from courtrooms and has since worked in print and digital publications across Australasia. She has held the editorship of seven magazines, including as founding editor of Luxury Escapes magazine.

When she's not writing for work, Kirstie is working on her crime fiction manuscript, which saw her win a scholarship to the Faber Writing Academy with Allen & Unwin.

Awards:
* ASTW Awards for Excellence Winner
* IFWTWA John Crook Award for Excellence in Broadcasting
* Faber Writing Academy Allen & Unwin scholarship winner
* Shortlisted and 'highly regarded' in the Varuna, The National Writers' House & Affirm Press Mentorship Award
* 9/10 for manuscript extract in the 2025 Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize

Website: https://theworldawaits.au/
Instagram: @kirstiewrites
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