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Speaker Type: Broadcaster

Nicole Hayes

Author, Broadcaster

Nicole Hayes is an award-winning author and podcaster who teaches storytelling to adults and kids of all ages. Whether for the page, your ears, or the screen, Nicole’s workshops explore all aspects of story , including: finding ideas, understanding character, building narratives, and how to bring it all together. As an award winning author of YA fiction and feature film scripts, co-author of AFL junior fiction, and founding member of the award winning AFL podcast, The Outer Sanctum, Nicole can help students find and build stories across different platforms for all different audiences.

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Alicia Sometimes

Author, Broadcaster, Poet, Storyteller

Alicia Sometimes is a writer, poet and broadcaster. She regularly appears on ABC radio talking books and culture and is often touring with her poetry. She has also appeared on ABC TV’s Sunday Arts, News Breakfast, Recovery and SBS’s Nomad program. Alicia was a 2014 Fellow at the State Library of Victoria and writer and director of the science-poetry show, Elemental that toured extensively in planetariums around the world.

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Jacinta Parsons

Author, Broadcaster, Inspirational Speaker

Jacinta Parsons is a broadcaster, radio maker, writer and public speaker who currently co-hosts the Breakfast program on ABC Local Radio Melbourne with Sami Shah.

She began her radio-life at community radio station 3RRR over a decade ago, where she coordinated live music broadcasts and hosted several shows including Detour and Breakfasters.

She made the move to the ABC in 2015, working with the Double J team and as Music Director for Local Radio. As well as presenting The New Music Show on ABC Radio, she has produced and presented a number of national broadcast events.

Jacinta is an ambassador for the Crohn’s and Colitis Association and speaks and writes about the impact of living with chronic illness.

She has also be an active member of the arts and music community and is a board member for Melbourne disability theatre company, Rollercoaster.

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