Taylor Hampton and Jacinta Daniher

Audience:

Primary age, Secondary age, Adults, Pre-school age, Childcare

Format:

Talks, Workshops

Home state:

Victoria (VIC)

Taylor Hampton is a proud Ngiyampaa/Wiradjuri man and Jacinta Daniher is an early childhood educator. Taylor and Jacinta have a passion for educating young people about Aboriginal Culture. In 2019 they established Birrang Cultural Connections to offer cultural workshops to education settings. They have two children, Ella and Arlo, who . . .

Steven Herrick

Audience:

Primary age, Secondary age

Format:

Talks, Workshops, Presentations

Home state:

Queensland (QLD)

Steven Herrick is the author of twenty-seven books for children and young adults. Steven’s books have won the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards (twice) and been shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards on ten occasions. He is widely regarded as the pioneer of the verse-novel genre in Australia. . . .

Stef Gemmill

• Author

Audience:

Primary age, Secondary age, Adults, Pre-school age, Childcare

Format:

Talks, Workshops, Presentations

Home state:

Victoria (VIC)

Stef Gemmill is an award-winning children’s author and offers fun, educational story time workshops. She is known for her picture books that champion issues that matter covering themes like homelessness, resilience and environment. Her debut picture book, A Home For Luna, won the 2020 International Rubery Book Award for its unique . . .

Naomi Woodward

• Author

Audience:

Primary age, Secondary age, Pre-school age

Format:

Talks, Workshops

Home state:

Victoria (VIC)

Naomi has worked extensively in the Australian Arts, Education, Libraries and Bookselling industries, spending time as a scriptwriter and performer in children’s entertainment and working as a seasoned performer in theatre education around Australia. Currently, she is a copywriter/writer for ‘Illustrated’, exclusive to Apple Arcade. Moon Sailors is Naomi’s debut picture book inspired . . .

Alison McLennan

Audience:

Primary age, Pre-school age, Childcare

Format:

Workshops, Presentations

Home state:

Queensland (QLD)

Alison McLennan is a Brisbane-based children’s author, voiceover artist, performer and proud mother of two teenagers and two fur babies. Her picture books include Hotel For Bees, published by the State Library of Queensland in 2020 as part of their Stories For Little Queenslanders series, Growing Pains published by EK . . .

Jarrod Paine

Audience:

Primary age, Adults, Pre-school age

Format:

Talks, Workshops, Presentations

Home state:

Victoria (VIC)

Jarrod Paine is an author, teacher and licensed snake catcher from north-east Victoria. For Jarrod, writing is a passion allowing his energy and enthusiasm for education to bubble onto the page, transporting readers of all ages into the world of adventure and wildlife. When not writing, Jarrod can be found . . .

Anna Manuel

Audience:

Primary age, Teachers, Pre-school age, Librarians

Home state:

Victoria (VIC)

Anna is a children’s storyteller, educator and children’s books audio narrator. Usually seen in education, community and creative spaces, she brings stories that engage early literacy, bilingualism and cultural curiosity. Anna loves working with creative educators – incorporating fun, engaging and inclusive stories in their practice to enhance children’s development. . . .

Caz Goodwin

Audience:

Primary age, Pre-school age

Home state:

Victoria (VIC)

Caz Goodwin is an award-winning, internationally published children’s author. Her books have won or been shortlisted for awards including 2024 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year, Speech Pathology Book of the Year and the National Arts Council Beyond Words Award (Singapore). Her picture book Grace and . . .

Jules and Pierre-Jacques Ober

• Author
• Model Maker
• Photographer

Audience:

Primary age, Secondary age, Adults, Teachers, Librarians

Format:

Workshops, Presentations

Home state:

Victoria (VIC)

Pierre-Jacques and Jules Ober are a French/Australian creative duo who tell stories with photos of miniature figurines. Their first two books, The Good Son and Jacqueline – a soldier’s daughter have won prizes in Australia and France for their totally original visual style and their ability to entertain and move . . .

Anne Ryan

Audience:

Primary age, Adults, Pre-school age, Childcare, Tertiary age

Format:

Talks, Workshops

Home state:

Victoria (VIC)

Anne Ryan is an author, illustrator, artist and art educator living in Melbourne. Through school visits, artist-in-residence programs, workshops and Visual Arts specialist teaching, she has enjoyed sharing her creative processes and storytelling with young children for many years. As an author/illustrator, her first picture book was Unforeseen Circumstances. Anne . . .