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2012 year of reading ambassadors
Deborah Abela
Author, Entertainer
Deb Abela is an ambitious author, with an impressive output of fifteen books in ten years. Her dedication to her craft, and sharing it with students across Australia, earnt her the role of National Literacy Ambassador for 2010.
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Felice Arena
Author, Illustrator
Felice Arena is one of Australia’s much-loved writers for kids. He is the author of many best-selling and award-winning books, including Wish, the Boyz Rule stories, the hilarious Farticus Maximus and the hugely popular Specky Magee series, co-written with old school mate and football legend Garry Lyon.
Felice is proud to be one of the ambassadors for the National Year of Reading 2012 program and the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge.
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Jackie French
Author
Jackie French’s writing career spans 17 years, 48 wombats, 132 books, 23 languages, 3,721 bush rats, over 50 awards in Australia and overseas, 6 possibly insane lyrebirds and assorted ‘Burke’s Backyard’ segments, radio shows, newspaper and magazine columns.
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Anna Goldsworthy
Author, Entertainer, Inspirational Speaker
Anna Goldsworthy is a prize-winning classical pianist and writer. She an engaging speaker and performer, and is passionate about bringing the lessons of classical music to the widest possible audience.
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Andy Griffiths
Author, Entertainer
Andy Griffiths is one of Australia’s best known and best loved children’s authors. His books have sold over 5 million copies around the world. Andy began as an English teacher and a publisher/editor of educational books and is now the author of over twenty bestselling titles including the JUST! series, the Bum Trilogy, the BAD books, the Schooling Around series, A&T’s Wonderful World of Stupidity and the 13-Storey Treehouse, all illustrated by Terry Denton.
Andy is one of the ambassadors for both The International Year of Reading and The Indigenous Literacy Foundation
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Shaun Tan
Author, Illustrator
After completing a Fine Arts degree in Literature, Shaun’s focus on illustration has taken him to the science-fiction genre, political cartooning and picture books. Shaun’s work with writers like John Marsden and Gary Crew, along with writing of his own, has established him as a progressive of contemporary picture books.
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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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Location
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