Katrina Roe is a picture book author and broadcaster who loves talking about books almost as much as she enjoys reading them. Her newest book is a philosophical picture book, Lily’s Balloon (Wombat Books), which teaches kids that it’s not all about them!

Yvette Poshoglian has written over 45 books for young people including the bestselling Ella and Olivia series. Her new book, Dear Greta, for ages 8+ is out now and is all about food, family and finding your place in the world. Yvette works in education at the intersection of pedagogy, technology and innovation. Website Twitter […]

Dub Leffler has written two books for children and illustrated for over 20 publications, collaborating with the likes of Shaun Tan, Sally Morgan and Banksy. His latest book, Sorry Day, written by Coral Vass and published by The National Library of Australia, will be out in May 2018.

Aura Parker is an Australian illustrator, writer and designer. Aura’s latest picture book is Bowerbird Brood, a follow up to her best-selling Bowerbird Blues. Her storytelling through words and pictures inspires imagination, courage and confidence in young readers as well as a love, curiosity and passion for nature. She also loves encouraging children and adults […]

Louise Park is a multi-award-winning author known for her bestselling series fiction, including Zac Power Test Drives, Boy vs Beast, Harriet Clare, D-Bot Squad, Star Girl, Grace’s Secrets and Grace’s Escape. She is the author of 7 Steps to Get Your Child Reading and Last Man Out, A Personal Account of the Gallipoli Evacuation, an […]

Suzanne O’Sullivan has published picture books, fiction and nonfiction for children of all ages. The best moments of her job are when she reads a manuscript or sees an illustration that transports her just as vividly as the books she read when she was growing up used to do. She has published authors and illustrators […]

Garth Nix is a New York Times bestselling author of many books, and numerous short stories. He has won the Aurealis Award, Ditmar, Mythopoeic and others. His work is published around the world, in 42 languages. More than six million copies of his work have been sold.

Lisa Nicol is an internationally published, award-winning writer and documentary-maker. Her feature film Wide Open Sky about a children’s choir won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2015 Sydney Film Festival and is now streaming on Netflix. Her first MG novel Dr Boogaloo and The Girl Who Lost Her Laughter is currently being […]

Belinda Murrell is an award-winning, internationally published author who has written more than 35 books including best-selling series The Sun Sword trilogy, Pippa’s Island, Lulu Bell and her time-slip novels such as The Ivory Rose, The Forgotten Pearl, and The Golden Tower. Her latest junior-fiction series is The Daredevil Princess, about a brave princess solving […]