Judith Rossell is the multi-award-winning author-illustrator of the bestselling Stella Montgomery trilogy, Withering-by-Sea, Wormwood Mire and Wakestone Hall, and the new illustrated middle-grade novel, The Midwatch. Judith has written sixteen books and illustrated more than eighty, including the picture books Bogtrotter and Pink! written by Margaret Wild. Her new junior fiction Spud and Snowball and […]
Hear My Song is a fun, interactive intensive workshop in songwriting for secondary students led by award winning songwriter John Thorn. This 60-100 minute workshop will include generative exercises for devising lyrics, melodies and themes, and imaginative ways of appreciating and approaching songs. Students are encouraged to celebrate their favourite music and examine the key […]
Shamita is a professional dancer, actor and teacher based in Naarm (Melbourne). She teaches various classes for adults and children, and facilitates workshops across Victoria. She is also the resident Dance & Movement workshop instructor at Arts Centre Melbourne ‘The Channel’, and works with school groups from prep through to year 9. She has taught […]
Will Small is an inspiring spoken word poet and storyteller who works at the intersection of the creative arts and social impact. A 3 x Australian Poetry Slam national finalist, author of Poems for When the World is Ending and the founder of Lead by Story, Will graduated from the ANU in 2013 after […]
Boori Monty Pryor is a multi-award-winning children’s author, didjeridoo player, storyteller, dancer and renowned public speaker. Boori was born in Townsville, North Queensland. His father was from the Birrigubba people of the Bowen region and his mother is from Yarrabah (near Cairns), a descendant of the Kungganji. Boori played Basketball for the Queensland State Under […]
Elio is the only Australian magician to have been personally invited to perform for The British Monarchy, The President of Italy, and Australian Dignitaries. His dynamic approach is hallmarked by a European bravado that is bursting with vibrance and a wonderfully infectious enthusiasm. He has flummoxed audiences throughout Asia, Australia, Europe and the UK. Now […]
After completing a teaching degree, Deb went to Africa where she was caught in a desert sandstorm, harassed by monkeys and thrown in jail…twice! She became the producer/writer of a national kids’ TV show before leaving to write 28 children’s books. Her crankiness about climate change led to the novels, Grimsdon, New City and Final […]
Marc McBride is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling series Deltora Quest, which has sold over eighteen million copies around the world and has become an Anime TV show. He has illustrated more than two hundred book covers, ten picture books, countless magazines and has exhibited work with the New York Society of […]
Sofie Laguna originally studied to be a lawyer, but after deciding law was not for her, she trained as an actor. Sofie began her writing career as an author for children and has written over twenty books for young people. Her work has been published in the US, the UK and in translation throughout Europe […]
Since 2003, Kenny Chan has been running around Australia spreading the love of Manga, the Japanese style of comic drawing. He has worked as a freelance artist and animator in comics, animation, video games and movies, and is also a fully registered teacher. Kenny has run over a thousand manga drawing workshops at schools, festivals […]