- Gill Andrews
- Clare Best
- Sally Festing
- Eleanor Livingstone
- Fiona Moore
- Jeremy Page
- D. A. Prince
- Matthew Stewart
- Marion Tracy
- Gina Wilson
and HappenStance's presiding spirit Helena Nelson. Collectively the readings told the story of HappenStance from its debut publication (by Eleanor Livingstone) in 2005, concluding with a foretaste of D.A. Prince's new collection Common Ground, which will be published later this year.