Event:

Kids & YA Festival 2025

Saturday 9 August 2025

Rozelle Campus of The University of Tasmania

Callan Park, Rozelle NSW 2040

Choose which sessions you wish to attend in the booking panel, and add a lunch option if you choose. Pitching sessions have, unfortunately, booked out. Your order confirmation email will be your ticket for the event: please bring a copy (printed or online) with you. 

10:00am Australian Children’s Laureate 2024-25 Sally Rippin in Conversation with Jacqueline Harvey
10:45am Why Series Fiction is Still a Winner with Kids and Publishers The Power of Picture Books
12:00pm Why Australian Teens Need Australian Stories Getting a Foot in the Door – and Keeping it There: What it means to be an emerging author
1:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Creating Communities of Authors, Illustrators, and Readers Free Time
2:00pm Graphic Novels, Verse Novels, and Poetry The Rising Popularity and Importance of Non-Fiction
3.15PM Acceptances, Rejections, and Maybes: What really goes on behind the scenes at a publisher’s acquisitions meeting? How to Create and Maintain a Thriving Career in an Industry That is Ever Changing
4:00pm Networking Drinks
(4.10pm Pitch Session booked separately)

More Information

All sessions, excluding the Pitching Session, are included in the festival ticket.

Lunch

Getting There

The festival will be held at the Rozelle Campus of The University of Tasmania, a short distance from Writing NSW in Callan Park.

The University of Tasmania, Rozelle Campus is part of the Callan Park Precinct. It’s accessible by bus and light rail. Entry is via Wharf Rd Rozelle. The University has a small carpark and on-street parking is also available.

Ticket Sales

Please note: festival tickets are strictly non-refundable except in cases where the event is cancelled or rescheduled.


We’re grateful to our generous sponsors and funding partners for their support of the 2025 Kids & YA Festival:

 

Register

Non-member $95
Member $70
Concession member $60

Lunch $23


Kids & YA Festival 2025

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