Margaret Clark
- Author
Margaret has written over 100 books about relationships, friendships, and social issues under the guise of humour. Margaret’s books include Pugwall (1987), which was made into a TV series, and The Chickabees series. Her latest book is an Aussie Nibble called Blast Off! Margaret has a Doctorate in Education, with a major in children’s literature, . . .
Anna Ciddor
- Author
- Illustrator
Anna Ciddor has made her name as a versatile writer and illustrator of fiction, travel and historical books. She is the winner of the 2021 Nance Donkin Award for Children’s Literature. Anna has a new novel, A Message Through Time, coming out in April 2023. This is a stand-alone companion to . . .
Sue Bursztynski
- Author
Sue Bursztynski is a teacher-librarian and is skilled at talking to students. For many years, she wrote fiction and non-fiction for small-press science fiction magazines before she won the Mary Grant Bruce Award for children’s literature and realised that what she enjoyed most was writing for young people. She has . . .
Susan Berran
- Author
- Illustrator
Her most popular workshop, 'From imagination to the shelf', has children writing a story about their holidays and then 'blowing it up' to see what they can really do with it.
Krista Bell
- Author
Krista is an award-winning author. Her most recent titles include Peeking Ducks, Warriors, Burning the Bails and Jack’s Bugle. Bessie’s War was published in 2017. Secrets in Sicily (Segreti in Sicilia), is a junior novel written in parallel English/Italian text. It won the inaugural Rosa Morettino Abbadessa International Literary Award in 2016. talks and workshops With . . .
Robyn Bavati
- Author
Robyn Bavati is an experienced presenter at schools, libraries, book clubs and writers’ festivals. Her informative and interactive school sessions are planned in consultation with teachers to ensure they are tailored to students’ needs. Robyn’s latest book, A Weekend With Oscar (Walker Books, July 2021) is by turns a heart-wrenching . . .
Catherine Bateson
- Author
- Poet
Catherine is a poet and award-winning writer for both children and young adults. She introduces poetry into her novels for younger readers whenever possible. Secretly, she longs to write a fantasy trilogy, but in the meantime she writes romance; her romance for young adults, Lisette’s Paris Notebook, was released in 2017 . . .
Leanne White
- Author
- Illustrator
Leanne is an author/illustrator with eight published books including the William the Wild series, focusing on nature play and our amazing natural heritage of wildlife and wild spaces. Having lived in the remote north and the beautiful southern, Leanne’s passion for our shared wilderness is without boundaries. talks and workshops Leanne is . . .
Den Scheer
- Artist
- Author
- Illustrator
Den L. Scheer grew up on an isolated farm near Grass Patch, WA, before moving to Northam when she was 8 years old. Graduating from St Hildas ASG in 2010, she now studies Fine Art at Curtin University. Her works of writing have been published since 2008, and from 2008-2010 she won several . . .
Teena Raffa-Mulligan
- Author
- Poet
Teena Raffa-Mulligan is the author of more than a dozen children’s books, and her short fiction and poetry for children and adults has been published in magazines and anthologies. Her writing life has also included a long career as a journalist and editor. talks and workshops Teena is an experienced, . . .