Storyfest Festival Guide 2022

matt stanton Workshop Tuesday 15 at 9.30am Session 152 Tuesday 15 at 1.45pm Session 232 Wednesday 16 at 11.15am Session 332 Thursday 17 at 11.15am Session 352 Thursday 17 at 1.45pm

scott stuart

Session 122 Tuesday 15 at 10.15am Session 246 Wednesday 16 at 12.45pm Session 323 Thursday 17 at 10.15am

Scott Stuart is the best-selling children’s book author of My Shadow is Pink , The Very First You and Who’s a Goose who is committed to creating content that empowers kids. His books have appeared on numerous best-seller lists across the globe, as well as being shortlisted for ABIA Children’s Book of the Year and CBCA Notable Picture Book of the Year. His empowering messages have been seen over 100 million times on social media, and he is a leading voice on fully accepting and empowering our children, exactly as they are. www.scottstuart.co

Matt Stanton is a bestselling children’s author and illustrator who has sold more than one million books worldwide. His middle-grade series Funny Kid debuted as the #1 Australian kids’ book and has legions of fans across the globe. He has published such bestselling picture books as There Is a Monster Under My Bed Who Farts, This Is a Ball and Pea + Nut! , and produces a daily YouTube show for kids. He lives and works in Sydney, Australia, with his wife, bestselling author Beck Stanton, and their children. www.mattstanton.net

sue whiting

pip williams

Session 134 Tuesday 15 at 11.15am Young Writers’ Dinner Tuesday 15 at 5.30pm Session 213 Wednesday 16 at 9.15am

Session 336 Thursday 17 at 11.15am Session 355 Thursday 17 at 1.45pm Long Table Dinner Friday 18 at 6.00pm

Workshop Thursday 17 at 9.30am Session 341 Thursday 17 at 12.45pm

Pip was born in London, grew up in Sydney and now calls the Adelaide Hills home. Her debut novel The Dictionary of Lost Words (2020) became a national number one bestseller, has been sold into 10 territories internationally, and has won awards including the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year, ABA Booksellers’ Choice Adult Fiction Book of the Year, the

Sue Whiting is a children’s and young adult author and editor who lives and works in a small coastal village south of Sydney. She has written numerous books in a variety of genres: fiction and nonfiction, picture books through to YA, including the best-selling The Firefighters and Missing , the award-winning A Swim in the Sea and the CBCA Notable Books, Get a Grip Cooper Jones, Platypus and Beware the Deep Dark Forest . Sue was Publishing Manager and Senior Commissioning Editor at Walker Books Australia for many years, before leaving in 2016 to concentrate on her writing and to work from her home as a freelance editor, writing coach and mentor. www.suewhiting.com

12 / storyfest.com.au People’s Choice Award in the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, and the Indie Book Awards for Debut Fiction and overall Book of the Year. www.pipwilliams.com.au meet the authors.