Please join us in welcoming our favourite story catcher – Trace Balla Trace Balla loves to illustrate and write songs and stories, and inspire others in their creativity and awareness of the wonders of the natural world and the ample stories that surround us.Her multi award winning books include Rockhopping, Rivertime, Shine, Landing with Wings, … Read more

Let’s all welcome our second international guest – Thi Bui Thi Bui is the author of the bestselling and award winning graphic memoir, The Best We Could Do. She is the illustrator of the children’s book A Different Pond, which won a Caldecott Honor, Finding Papa, which received an honor from the Asian Pacific American … Read more

Please join us in welcoming one of our talented guests and 2024 poster artist – Reimena Yee Reimena is a strange and fancy graphic novelist, illustrator and designer originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and currently based in Melbourne, Australia. She is also the curator behind the upcoming Comics Devices Resource and the co-founder and co-organiser … Read more

Please join us in welcoming our first guest of 2024 – Rosemary Valero-O’Connell! Rosemary Valero-O’Connell is a cartoonist and illustrator born in Minneapolis, raised in Zaragoza, and currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. She is the co-creator of acclaimed graphic novel Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, alongside Mariko Tamaki, and the sole creator … Read more