Children's Literature with Children's Laureates
Auditorium 1, State Library of Queensland
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#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Chair: Megan Daley
#Artist
Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman is a bestselling Australian children’s author and was the Australian Children's Laureate for 2018 and 2019. His books explore serious and sometimes confronting subjects in humorous and unexpected ways. His titles include Two Weeks With The Queen, Grace, Toad Rage, Bumface, Boy Overboard, Give Peas A Chance, Extra Time, Loyal Creatures, Digging Up Dad, the Once series, and his latest book, Tweet. Morris lives in Brisbane, and his books are published in more than twenty countries.
#Moderator
Megan Daley
Megan Daley is the author of the bestselling book Raising Readers (UQP, 2019) as well as Teacher, Teacher (Affirm Press, 2023) and The Beehive (Walker Books, 2024). Megan is a Teacher Librarian and early years educator and has been awarded the Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year and the Queensland Teacher Librarian of the Year, as well as the national Dromkeen Librarian’s Award. A former national vice-president of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, Megan is also a regular literary judge, a workshop presenter, the creator of the popular website Children's Books Daily and co-creator of the Your Kid's Next Read podcast.
