Kick off Melbourne Kids Book Fest with a delightful interactive storytime. Award-winning children’s author Julianne Negri will welcome everyone to Book Festival with a stories, music and lots of songs.
Join in the chaos and fun as characters jump out of picture books to make their own story mashup! A high energy celebration of imagination and storytelling with award-winning picture book creators Andrea Rowe, Emma Bowd and Daniel Gray-Barnett.
Join Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood – the creators of the Real Pigeons series – and learn how to make your very own comic book!
Melanie’s creative writing sessions in schools have been described by kids as ‘Amazing!’, ‘Super fun’ and ‘Got me out of Maths’. Let your imagination off the leash and learn some tricks of the wordsmithery trade.
Join author Caz Goodwin in her fun, interactive session for children based on her picture book Wombat Dreaming.
Come along to the Festival Hub during the lunch break to get up close and personal with some native Australian Wildlife. The experienced handlers from Aussie Wildlife Displays will tell you all about these fascinating creatures.
Join Sarah Jane Lightfoot and Annabelle Hale in a colour themed workshop exploring the rainbow of Australian animals around us.
Calling all tree lovers! Do you have a special tree in your life? In this hands on workshop with Trace Balla you can create a cartoon-collage story, letter, poem or memory about a particular tree in your life.
Are you ready to rumble? Day 2 of Melbourne Kids Book Fest is kicking off with a bang with the Battle of the Illustrators!
A special workshop with award-winning children’s book creators Davina Bell and Jess McGeachin.
Join award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke for a special poetry workshop. Maxine will guide the group through the creation of a haiku poem, a short acrostic poem, and a short rhyming poem.
Join us at the Festival Hub during the lunch break on Day 2 of Book Fest for a special interactive dance performance with Jafra Dabke!
Can you help Matt tell 10 stories in the time it takes for Little Lunch? He can’t think of anything to draw or write and he doesn’t know if he should start at the start or at the end. He needs your help! And Fast!
Zine-maker Jaidyn Luke Attard shares his love of the zine format as an expressive and accessible D-I-Y medium, guiding kids in a hands-on zinemaking workshop.
