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Mick Elliott
Author, Entertainer, Illustrator, Inspirational Speaker, Storyteller
Mick Elliott is an author, illustrator, TV producer, screenwriter, literacy ambassador and professional mischief-maker. As well as multiple best-selling books, Mick has written and produced acclaimed children’s TV programmes for Nickelodeon, the Sesame Workshop, Channel TEN and the ABC.
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Katrina Nannestad
Author
Katrina Nannestad is an award-winning children’s author who writes humour, adventure, action, mystery and history. Katrina loves sharing her passion for stories, and encouraging others to read, write and find the joy in life.
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Fiona Hardy
Author
Fiona Hardy knew she wanted to be an author after a terrible retelling of Alice in Wonderland in grade one garnered a very normal amount of compliments that she took far too seriously. Now, she is a bookseller, reviewer, and the award-winning author of three books on following your dreams.
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Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
First Nations, Illustrator
Charmaine Ledden-Lewis is a proud Bundjalung woman, artist and illustrator, living on Dharug & Gundungurra Country in the Blue Mountains, NSW. Through guidance and demonstration, Charmaine shares her passion and enthusiasm for creativity and visual literacy, and encourages all those she meets to transcend inhibition and engage in artistic expression. Charmaine also takes pride in fostering conversation exploring First Nations perspective, inclusivity and diversity.
Found by Bruce Pascoe (author)
Born to Run by Cathy Freeman (author)
Charlie’s Swim by Edith Wright (author)
Growing Up Wiradjuri by Dr Anita Heiss (author)
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Jock Serong
Author, Social Issues
Jock is an Australian novelist with a deep interest in who we are as a nation. He explores that interest through stories of our history, and especially our coastlines and islands.
Jock Serong’s novels have received the ARA Historical Novel Prize, the Colin Roderick Award, the Ned Kelly Award for First Fiction and, internationally, the inaugural Staunch Prize (UK) and the Historia Award for Historical Crime Fiction (France). He has been a criminal barrister, writer and editor of journals and is now a celebrated novelist. He lives with his family on Victoria’s far west coast.
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Maryam Master
Author
Maryam believes in the transforming power of storytelling. Her presentation touches on themes of mortality, identity, justice and joy.
Maryam’s first novel, Exit Through the Gift Shop, was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, the CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers and the ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children 2022. Her second novel, No Words, was winner of the Children’s Peace Literature Award and the Readings Children’s Prize 2023, and was a CBCA Notable Book for Younger Readers.
Maryam’s latest novel, Laughter is the Best Ending, is a multiple award winner, winning the CBCA Book of the Year Younger Readers 2025, the CBCA Book of the Year Shadow Judging 2025, and the winner of the Russell Prize Humour Writing for Young People 2025.
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