Sam Twyford-Moore is a writer and cultural critic. His first book, The Rapids: Ways of looking at mania, was published by NewSouth and University of Toronto Press in North America. He was formerly the founding host of The Rereaders, a fortnightly literary and cultural podcast, and Festival Director and CEO of the Emerging Writers’ Festival. As a writer he has contributed to a wide range of publications, including the Monthly, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and many others.