Tenille McDermott is a writer and PhD candidate  exploring the intersection between time, narrative, and machine-generated text. She is the co-editor of Sūdō Journal, and the co-host and co-producer of the podcast Edits & Annotations, a project of the Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing. She was the recipient of a 2025 Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre Fellowship and longlisted for the 2025 AAWP/Westerly Life Writing Award.

Tenille has conducted interviews and moderated panels with a range of Australian writers at book launches and festivals, including Tim Winton, David Malouf, Anna Funder, Trent Dalton, and Pip Williams. An experienced bookseller of nearly two decades, she is a regular guest on ABC North Queensland’s breakfast program, discussing the latest and greatest book releases. Tenille also currently coordinates the FALS Book Club on behalf of the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, and the High School Book Club for Townsville Citylibraries, and regularly runs podcasting workshops.