OUT WEST Programme 2023

megan daley Adult Workshop Thursday 27 at 9.30am Teacher Teacher Thursday 27 at 5.30pm Adult Workshop Friday 28 at 9.30am

susanne gervay Workshop Thursday 27 at 9.30am Session 132 Thursday 27 at 12.30pm Young Writers’ Dinner Thursday 27 at 5.00pm

Session 213 Friday 28 at 9.15am Session 241 Friday 28 at 1.45pm

Megan Daley is passionate about children’s literature and is the author of the bestselling book ‘Raising Readers’, published by UQP and the upcoming title ‘The Beehive’, to be published by Walker Books. She is a Teacher Librarian in Brisbane and has been awarded the Queensland Teacher Librarian of the Year, as well as the national Dromkeen Librarian’s Award. A former national vice-president of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, Megan is also a sought after public speaker, literary judge, creator of the popular website Children’s Books Daily and co-host of the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast. She also has a few more books in the pipeline. She also thinks sleep is overrated.

Awarded the Lifetime Social Justice Literature Award by the International Literacy Association, Order of Australia, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominee, you’ll find Susanne Gervay in Istanbul speaking to thousands of young people about NO bullying; or in remote Indigenous schools bringing literacy to communities. Her acclaimed books include the powerful young adult novel on the second rise of feminism Shadows of Olive Trees; unlocking the Holocaust empowering readers to be Heroes of the Secret Underground; the edgy young adult expose diving into consent, The Edge of Limits.

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Photo by Cheryl Rogers

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caroline graham Workshop Thursday 27 at 9.30am Teacher Teacher Thursday 27 at 5.30pm Session 223 Friday 28 at 10.30am Workshop Friday 28 at 12.45pm

richard kinnon

charlotte barkla

nat amoore Session 112 Thursday 27 at 9.15am Workshop Thursday 27 at 12.45pm Young Writers’ Dinner Thursday 27 at 5.00pm

Session 121 Thursday 27 at 10.30am Session 141 Thursday 27 at 1.45pm Young Writers’ Dinner Thursday 27 at 5.00pm Session 221 Friday 28 at 10.30am

Workshop Thursday 27 at 9.30am Session 131 Thursday 27 at 12.30pm Session 143 Thursday 27 at 1.45pm Young Writers’ Dinner Thursday 27 at 5.00pm Session 233 Friday 28 at 12.30pm Charlotte Barkla is a Brisbane-based writer who worked as a civil engineer and physics teacher before rediscovering her love for children’s literature. She now writes picture books, middle-grade fiction and feature articles. Charlotte’s books include All Bodies are Good Bodies , the Edie’s Experiments series and From My Head to My Toes, I Say What Goes. Charlotte’s books have been translated in multiple languages and short-listed for awards.

Session 222 Friday 28 at 10.30am Session 242 Friday 28 at 1.45pm

Dr Caroline Graham is an award-winning investigative journalist who specialises in narrative non-fiction storytelling across both traditional and new media formats, including podcasting, data-driven reporting and longform creative non fiction. Caroline is the co-author of the Australian bestseller Larrimah (Allen & Unwin, 2021), which was shortlisted for an Indie Book Award, Ned Kelly Award and two Davitt Awards and has been optioned by NBC Universal and Matchbox Pictures for potential development into a scripted TV series. Caroline is also the co-author and co-producer of the investigative true crime podcast series Lost in Larrimah (The Australian, 2018), which won a Walkley Award, an NT Media Award and was a finalist in the Quills Awards and the Australian Podcasting Awards.

Richard Kinnon is a natural storyteller. Brought up in the outback where tales are told around the campfire, he has a wealth of yarns to share. There are stories of the early pioneers, cattle duffers and stagecoaches; stories of his own childhood growing up on a station and learning from the Indigenous ‘uncles’ who worked there; stories of building his Outback Pioneers tourism business in Longreach, which is now a multi award-winning enterprise drawing thousands of visitors each year. He is passionate about educating future generations to value and preserve the real Australian outback.

Nat Amoore is a Sydney-based children’s author and kidlit podcast host of One More Page. Her debut novel, Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire, came out in 2019 and had great success as both Dymocks and QBD’s ‘Kids Book Of The Month’, becoming Australia’s #1 bestselling debut Aussie children’s fiction in 2019. It has now sold into the UK, US, Italy, China, Estonia and Romania.

www.natamoore.com

www.charlottebarkla.com

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