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Speaker Type: Entertainment

Scott Edgar

Author, Entertainment, Illustrator, Songwriting, Storyteller/Performer, Videogames

Scod” is best known as one-third of beloved Australian idiot-band Tripod, with whom hes won an ARIA and lost a GRAMMY. Hes also a veteran writer, composer and illustrator for videogames, animation and kidspublishing, working for such clients as Ubisoft, Wizards of the Coast, Penguin Random House, the Cartoon Network and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. You can see more of his work at www.scottedgarcreative.com. For a complete history of Scods haircuts, check out Spicks and Specks reruns on the ABC.

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Matthew Lin

Entertainment, Illustrator, Manga

Matthew Lin is a graphic designer and illustrator who has over 25 years experience — with the majority of that time in publishing, as well as advertising and promotional design.

Matthew began his career as a MAC operator in a small ad agency in Parramatta. After a year he moved on to be a designer and illustrator for Scholastic, then a senior designer/illustrator at Creata Promotion. He was an Art Director at Horwitz Publications and then Creative Director at Online Media Group. In 2004, Matthew decided it was time to go freelance and since then, hasn’t looked back!

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Harry Laing

Author, Entertainment, Poet, Storyteller/Performer

Harry is an energetic and engaging comic performer with a love of language. He loves performing for large audiences of children and keeps them spellbound with his poems, (interactive) chants and the magical creatures from his book covers. Harry also has a gift for inspiring teachers around poetry and creative writing in his Professional Learning workshops.

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Heidi McKinnon

Author, Entertainment, Illustrator, Inspirational Speaker, Storyteller/Performer

Heidi is passionate about sharing her love of story, art and creativity with children and young people.

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Biffy James

Author, Entertainment, Inspirational Speaker, Personal Development/Welfare, Storyteller/Performer

Biffy James understands the tragedy of being a teenager. It’s hard, it’s exhausting and it’s confusing. But also? It can be kinda hilarious. 

By sharing embarrassing, sometimes heartbreaking anecdotes of her own adolescence; encouraging students to find that thing that makes them feel completely themselves; and reminding them that high school isn’t forever, Biffy creates a space for teenagers to feel that maybe someone gets it: the world really is super weird. 

Doesn’t mean you can’t conquer the world, though.

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Marcelo Baez

Comics, Entertainment, Illustrator, Inspirational Speaker

Marcelo is professional illustrator and creative facilitator based on the NSW South Coast. Working internationally and locally as an illustrator for over 27 years, and over 14 years as a creative facilitator and presenter.

He also teaches a large variety of drawing comics/character design/visual storytelling for kids as well as teaching a variety of creative adult workshops for the corporate and public sectors. He has been an invited guest to Supanova, OZ Comic con and Gamma Con.

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