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 children’s author who writes picture books, poetry and junior fiction. Caz heads the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) in Victoria and is on the Young Australian Best Book Awards (YABBA) council. She is also an Australia Reads ambassador. talks and workshops Caz . . .

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 . . .

Karen Erasmus

• Illustrator

Audience:

Primary age, Secondary age

Format:

Talks, Workshops

Home state:

Victoria (VIC)

Originally from the UK, Karen lives on the south coast of Melbourne with her three children, husband, dogs and chickens. She has illustrated many children’s pictures books for a range of Australian publishers over the past ten years, and is a qualified, experienced teacher. She strives for life and freedom . . .

Brenda Gurr

Audience:

Primary age, Pre-school age

Format:

Talks, Workshops, Presentations

Home state:

Victoria (VIC)

Brenda is an author and accredited editor.  Brenda is the author of numerous children’s books, ranging from picture books to middle-grade titles. The first book in her junior fiction series, The Fabulous Cakes of Zinnia Jakes, was published in early 2020. She works as an editor at Red Paper Kite . . .