Dylin Hardcastle is an award-winning author, screenwriter, artist, and former Provost’s Fellow at the University of Oxford. He is the author of four books. His work has been published to critical acclaim in eleven territories and translated into eight languages. Dylin’s most recent novel, A Language of Limbs, won the 2023 Kathleen Mitchell Award from Creative Australia, was shortlisted for the 2024 Dymocks Book of the Year, and was longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize.
A Language of Limbs was acquired by Curio (Sony Pictures) to be adapted for television and is currently in development. Dylin is the co-writer and co-director of Cloudy River, which premiered at the Mardi Gras Film Festival in 2020 and screened at several festivals worldwide before being acquired by SBS On Demand. As an artist, Dylin has travelled to Antarctica, South America, and Europe for artist residencies.