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With Great Power

Sat 7 Sep 2019

Will Kostakis + Lynette Noni

Brisbane Square Library

Panel / Love YA

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#Performances

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Sat 7 Sep 2019 - 3:15pm

Brisbane Square Library

#About the event

Duration: 60 minutes

Will Kostakis and Lynette Noni explore how their teenage characters' normal lives are transformed through the discovery of fantasy worlds and beings, and the dual gift and burden of magical knowledge, powers, and responsibility. Chaired by Love YA Ambassador Maddie McGregor.

#Artists

Will Kostakis

Will Kostakis is an award-winning author for young adults. He's been at it fifteen years, but his mum insists it’s just a phase and any day now, he’ll pursue a real career. Best known for his novels The First Third and The Sidekicks, Will returns with We Could Be Something, a humorous yet heart-rending look at family, fame and falling in love.

Lynette Noni

Australian author Lynette Noni studied journalism, academic writing, and human behaviour at university before venturing into the world of fiction. She is the #1 bestselling author of The Prison Healer series, The Medoran Chronicles, and the Whisper duology. To date, she has won three ABIA awards and a Gold Inky Award, and her books are published in more than 20 countries across the globe.

#Moderator

Maddie McGregor

Maddie is a blogger/writer/reader, working retail in a bookstore. She recently finished a degree of creative writing at QUT and dreams of being an author like some of her Aussie favourites. You can read up on Maddie’s love for books over on her blog at https://pasomaddie.wordpress.com/.