Storyfest Festival Guide 2020

MEET THE A MEET THE AUTHORS

Tim Baker TIM BAKER

Matt Beard MATT BEARD

Life Lessons from the Ocean Saturday 14 at 8.30am

Session 222 Thursday 19 at 10.15am Session 316 Friday 20 at 9.15am Session 333 Friday 20 at 11.15am

Tim Baker is the best-selling author of numerous books on surfing. Occy was a national bestseller and chosen by the Australian Council as one of “50 Books You can’t Put Down” in 2008. Surfari tells the story of his family surfing road trip around Australia in 2011. Century of Surf , a history of Australian surfing, was published by Random House in 2013. His children’s book The Surfer and the Mermaid was adapted for theatre for the Bleach Festival. The Rip Curl Story documents the rise of the iconic Australian surf brand to mark its 50th anniversary in 2019. Tim is a former editor of Tracks and Surfing Life magazines. He has won the Surfing Australia Hall of Fame Culture Award three times. www.bytimbaker.com

Dr Matt Beard is a husband, dad, pop culture nerd, moral philosopher and ethicist. Matt is a Fellow at the Ethics Centre and the resident philosopher for the kids ethics podcast Short & Curly. He appears regularly in print, radio and TV discussing ethical issues from vampires to anti-vaccination. Matt believes everyone is already a philosopher who, given the right circumstances and skills, can live a wise, enriched and ethical life.

Adrian Beck ADRIAN BECK Session 132 Wednesday 18 at 11.15am Session 221 Thursday 19 at 10.15am Session 251 Thursday 19 at 1.45pm Young Writers’ Dinner Thursday 19 at 5.30pm Session 312 Friday 20 at 9.15am

AJ Betts AJ BETTS Session 126 Wednesday 18 at 10.15am Session 226 Thursday 19 at 10.15am Session 254 Thursday 19 at 1.45pm Young Writers’ Dinner Thursday 19 at 5.30pm Session 335 Friday 20 at 11.15am

Adrian Beck writes funny, action-packed stories for kids. Adrian produced the TV show, Kids’ WB, and has also worked on the Logie Awards, Carols by Candlelight, Prank Patrol and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Adrian is the author of the Champion Charlies series and Stuff Happens: Dale, plus he co-wrote the Kick it to Nick series with AFL legend Shane Crawford. Adrian is the co-editor of Total Quack Up, along with Sally Rippin. His latest series is Derek Dool Supercool, publishing March 2020.

A.J. Betts is a Fremantle-based author, speaker, teacher and cyclist. Her latest work is a two-book speculative fiction series comprising of Hive and Rogue (Pan Macmillan; 2018, 2019). A.J.’s award-winning third novel, Zac & Mia , is available in 14 countries, and has been adapted for television by AwesomenessTV. Her earlier novels are Wavelength and Shutterspeed . In 2019, A.J. graduated with a PhD in the topic of Wonder at ECU.

www.adrianbeck.com.au

www.ajbetts.com

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