Storyfest Festival Guide 2022

anthony cora Session 133 Tuesday 15 at 11.15am Session 253 Wednesday 16 at 1.45pm Session 333 Thursday 17 at 11.15am

meredith costain Workshop Tuesday 15 at 9.30am Session 141 Tuesday 15 at 12.45pm Young Writers’ Dinner Tuesday 15 at 5.30pm Session 222 Wednesday 16 at 10.15am Session 251 Wednesday 16 at 1.45pm Session 331 Thursday 17 at 11.15am

Since high school, Anthony has developed an exciting career promoting Indigenous and cultural tourism to people from around the world. Anthony is an accomplished traditional dance performer with Jaran Dances and Yungembeh Aboriginal Dancers where he imparts his knowledge of the history and role of dance in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Through presenting and sharing his culture, Anthony hopes to bring a greater understanding about the Aboriginal culture and people, he wants all people to feel the same sense of connection to this land and the stories, as he does.

Meredith Costain is a versatile award-winning writer. Her first picture book, Musical Harriet , was adapted for television by the ABC, and her poetry book Doodledum Dancing was a CBCA Honour Book. A former English teacher and kids’ magazine editor, she enjoys writing poems with kids around Australia, and playing ‘Fetch!’ with her dogs and cats. www.meredithcostain.com

sara el sayed

mandy foot

Session 114 Tuesday 15 at 9.15am Session 144 Tuesday 15 at 12.45pm Historical Fiction, Personal Stories Tuesday 15 at 5.00pm

Session 131 Tuesday 15 at 11.15am Session 221 Wednesday 16 at 10.15am Session 311 Thursday 17 at 9.15am Session 342 Thursday 17 at 12.45pm

Session 214 Wednesday 16 at 9.15am Session 324 Thursday 17 at 10.15am

Mandy thrives on finding the balance between words and pictures as an Award-winning, Best-selling Author/Illustrator of more than 24 picture books. With two border collies under her feet in her Adelaide Hills studio, she still loves to paint traditionally, particularly in watercolour and exploring all the happy accidents this creates. An Ambassador for Raising Literacy Australia, her books include the heart-warming Joey and Riley, Lucy and Copper and Warna Manda Baby Earth Walk - a very special collaboration with Aboriginal Artist Susan Betts. www.mandyfoot.com

Sara El Sayed is a writer based in Meanjin (Brisbane). Her work appears in Growing Up African in Australia (Black Inc.) and Arab- Australian-Other (Pan Macmillan), among other places. She is currently a recipient of a Queensland Writers Fellowship. She was shortlisted for the 2020 Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Award, and the 2019 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. Her debut memoir, Muddy People , is out now. www.saraelsayed.com

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