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.
Join Sarah Jane Lightfoot and Jess Racklyeft 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 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!
with Davina Bell
A special workshop with award-winning children’s book creator Davina Bell.
Davina Bell is a children's book editor and a writer for young people of many ages. Her picture books include All the Ways To Be Smart, All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors, Under the Love Umbrella, What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say and What to Do When You're Not Sure What to Do. What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say was the winner of the ABIA Children's Picture Book of the Year Award 2023 and a CBCA Notable Picture Book of the Year 2023.
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.
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.
An interactive talk about technology with the author of Behind the Screens. Niraj Lal will chat about how the internet works, ads, surveillance, eSafety, and the topic everyone is talking about, Artificial Intelligence.
