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Asphyxia .
Author, Entertainer, Storyteller/Performer, Inspirational Speaker
Asphyxia is the author of the magical new series, The Grimstones. She is an experienced motivational speaker and loves to inspire people to be more creative and open-minded. She handcrafted her Grimstone family of puppets and their world from upcycled junk, and has since toured the world with the acclaimed, award winning theatre show, The Grimstones. Now Asphyxia is ready to inspire students to create their own miniature worlds from ordinary household rubbish.
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Emilie Zoey Baker
Storyteller/Performer, Entertainer
Emilie Zoey Baker is an international poetry slam champion who will excite and delight all ages about poetry written for both page and stage.
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Bernard Caleo
Illustrator, Author, Storyteller/Performer
Bernard Caleo is a performer, comic book maker, and comic book communicator.
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Mark Carthew
Author, Storyteller/Performer, Entertainer
Mark Carthew is an award winning editor and children’s author well known for his many books and series exploring wordplay, music, movement, drama, jokes, rhymes and riddles! Mark’s recent picture book The Gobbling Tree was a winner of the Speech Pathology Australia’s Book of the Year.
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Simon Coronel
Inspirational Speaker, Entertainer, Storyteller/Performer
Simon Coronel is one of the most skilled illusionists in the Southern Hemisphere. Using pure dexterity and no tricky props, he creates live performance art that seems utterly impossible.
He is the winner of more than 15 international awards, and in 2009 became the fourth Australian in history to win an award at the FISM World Championships of Magic and Illusion. He has appeared on TV in four countries and is one of the few Australians to be regularly invited to perform at the world famous Academy of Magical Arts in Hollywood.
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John Danalis
Author, Illustrator, Storyteller/Performer
John Danalis has been writing and illustrating for children and young adults for ten years. His works include picture books, chapter books and non-fiction.
In 2013, John will tour Melbourne schools in Book Week (19-23 August).
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Gregory Day
Author, Storyteller/Performer
Gregory Day is a writer, poet and musician whose debut novel The Patron Saint Of Eels won the prestigious Australian Literature Society Gold Medal in 2006.
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Declan Fay
Author, Storyteller/Performer, Inspirational Speaker, Journalist
Declan Fay is one of Australia’s leading comedy writers and motivational speakers. He has performed at the Comedy festival, The fringe Festival and written for some of the best (and worst) television shows. He has spoken at over 600 different schools around Australia. He has never been pelted with fruit, although his dad once threw a Whopper with cheese at him for talking during the Bill.
Declan will take expressions of interest for student welfare/development days with schools in Western Australia and other states in 2012.
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Adam Ford
Author, Storyteller/Performer
Adam Ford is a poet, novelist and short storialist who also makes zines and draws comics. He lives in Chewton, in Central Victoria.
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Scot Gardner
Author, Storyteller/Performer, Personal Development
Scot Gardner came to writing via counseling and youth work. His thirteen novels range from absurd fantasy for children to gritty realism and tragic-comedy for young adults.
Scot will tour Western Australia for Booked Out from 25-29 March 2013 and then again from 14–18 October 2013. He will available for Perth bookings, but is also open to traveling further afield if requested.
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David Stavanger: Ghostboy
Storyteller/Performer, Entertainer, Author
Ghostboy is one of Australia’s premier young adult and children’s spoken word presenters.
He has hosted workshops, performances, talks and poetry slams to wide acclaim from students & teachers at the likes of Voices on the Coast, Whitsunday Voices, Somerset Writers Festival, and Brisbane Writers Festival’s WordPlay.
A live hybrid of performance poetry, spoken weird theatre and surrealist vaudeville Ghostboy has been a hit at many major festivals including Brisbane Writers, Sydney Writers, Byron Bay Writers, Tasmanian Poetry, Broken Hill Poetry, Woodford Folk Festival, and QLD Poetry Festivals.
Ghostboy is the world’s only vaguely legal “literary cannibal”.
Ghostboy will tour schools in South Australia in March 2012
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Fiona Harris
Storyteller/Performer, Inspirational Speaker, Entertainer
Fiona is the author of two books in the recently released Hardie Grant Egmont series, Forever Clover, and is currently writing three more books for the second series. She also wrote the third series of the popular children’s ABC television show, Prank Patrol.
She is one of Australia’s top female performers and writers, having written and performed on television shows Skithouse, Comedy Inc, The Librarians and Flipside. She has also worked on programs such as Mr & Mrs Murder, Tangle, The Time of Our Lives, Offspring and Beaconsfield.
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Justin Heazlewood
Storyteller/Performer, Entertainer, Inspirational Speaker, Author
Justin is an awkward, sorry, award-winning writer and performer who is heard on Triple J and read in Frankie magazine. He is best known as folk-comedy sensation The Bedroom Philosopher, writer of hilarious and thought provoking songs, (educational too).
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Lia Hills
Author, Storyteller/Performer
Lia Hills is a poet, novelist and translator. Her work has been published, performed, and translated both locally and internationally, and focuses on sources of meaning.
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Sammy J
Storyteller/Performer, Entertainer, Inspirational Speaker
From Melbourne to Edinburgh, comedian Sammy J has earned a reputation as one of the most exciting and inventive performers on the international scene. You may have seen him on Spicks and Specks, Good News Week or Talkin’ Bout Your Generation and read his articles in The Age.
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Valanga Khoza
Storyteller/Performer
Bringing Africa to life through stories, song and dance, Valanga’s solo performance Out Of Africa has toured schools throughout Australia to the enthusiastic acclaim of students and teachers in primary and secondary schools. Valanga was born in South Africa and spent his youth in Alexandra, a black township in Johannesburg, and in rural Transvaal. Growing up in a community where many could neither read or write, music and dance and storytelling were an integral part of the culture of his people.
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Sofie Laguna
Author, Storyteller/Performer
Sofie Laguna is an actor, author and playwright. Her many books for children have been published in the US and the UK and in translation throughout Europe and Asia.
Sofie will take expressions of interest for residencies with schools in Western Australia in 2012.
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Russell McGilton
Inspirational Speaker, Entertainer, Storyteller/Performer, Author
Breathtaking and often hilarious, Russell’s entertaining stories and photos of his adventures will inspire anyone with an ounce of wonder dust in their pants and the courage to say ‘yes’ to the big ‘what if’ that lies out there for all of us.
A natural speaker, Russell has performed here in Australia and overseas, making appearances on Neighbours, the London comedy circuit, in a cover band as an Austin Powers/Dr Evil impersonator and as a children’s entertainer.
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Kate McLennan
Storyteller/Performer, Inspirational Speaker, Entertainer
Kate (left) is best known for her one-woman stage comedy show The Debutante Diaries. In the show Kate brings an entire school community to life as they plan their Year 11 debutante ball, pitting adult disaffection against teenage angst, with hilarious results.
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Project Rockit
Education Consultant, Inspirational Speaker, Social Commentator, Personal Development, Storyteller/Performer
PROJECT ROCKIT is a Victorian-based Anti-bullying and Youth Leadership program that is run by young people for young people. Launched in 2006 by sisters Lucy and Rosie Thomas, PROJECT ROCKIT is the outcome of two young people who wanted to achieve change. Since then, PROJECT ROCKIT has worked with over 25,000 young people in schools, universities and community groups, earning the reputation as the “student’s choice”.
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Craig Smith (NZ)
Author, Storyteller/Performer
After a fully-booked tour in 2012, Craig will return to Australia exclusively through Booked Out in 2013. He will visit Adelaide from 5–10 August, Melbourne from 11–17 August, Brisbane from 18–24 August, and Sydney from 25–31 August. Locations between these cities can be arranged on demand. Download the flyer for more info.
Craig Smith is the performer and author of The Wonky Donkey, the biggest selling picture book in Australia in 2010. It is still amongst the top three best selling children’s picture books, outsold only by Mem Fox’s Where’s the Green Sheep and Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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Anne E. Stewart
Storyteller/Performer
Anne E Stewart is an acclaimed storyteller with an international reputation. A versatile performer Anne has the energy and voice to engage any audience. Her focus is on the shared stories of Australia honouring Indigenous, Celtic, Asian and World stories.
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Matteo the Storyteller
Storyteller/Performer
Matteo is an interactive storyteller who develops the imagination of his audience along with their listening and thinking skills. His sessions are interesting, fun and engaging.
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Maya Ward
Author, Storyteller/Performer, Social Commentator
Maya Ward walked the length of the Yarra River from the sea to the source and wrote the book The Comfort of Water: A River Pilgrimage to share her tale. She is passionate about education in creative environmental problem-solving and works as an eco-urban design consultant and writer when not planting trees and growing vegies.
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Jan Wositzky
Entertainer, Storyteller/Performer
Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky is a writer, storyteller and musician, with a forty-year career in books, broadcasting, radio, television, bands, theatre, and solo performance. He came to Australia as a boy in 1956, with his Czech-Scots family, and has made a lifetime exploring this land, it’s music and stories.
All of Jan’s presentations for schools are designed carefully to match up with points along the VELS Curriculum for both Primary and Secondary levels. Ask an agent at Booked Out to forward you the full curriculum breakdown sheets if required.
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Arnold Zable
Author, Storyteller/Performer
Arnold Zable is an award winning writer, storyteller and human rights advocate. He is the author of eight books, including three novels, numerous stories, essays and columns. He has lectured in creative writing and social issues, and conducted writing workshops in the past 25 years.
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Meyer Eidelson
Storyteller/Performer, Social Commentator, Author, Entertainer
Meyer has written over fourteen books and published a number of others as the publishing coordinator of the St Kilda Historical Society. All the books deal with the natural, cultural and social history of Melbourne. He is the founder of Melbourne Walks, which uses the performative and engaging format of a walking tour to impart social, cultural and historical knowledge.
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