Out West Programme 2023

meet the authors

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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

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

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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