Gift of the Gab

Morris Gleitzman grew up in England and came to Australia when he was 16. He was a frozen-chicken thawer, sugar-mill rolling-stock unhooker, fashion-industry trainee, student, department-store Santa, TV producer, newspaper columnist and screenwriter. Then he had a wonderful experience. He wrote a novel for young people. Now, after 42 books, he’s an internationally bestselling children’s author. In 2018 and 2019 he was the Australian Children’s Laureate.

Mary-Anne Fahey is one of Australia's best-known comedy writers and performers. She is well known to Australian TV audiences for her creation of the Kylie Mole character and her starring role in The Comedy Company. She has also appeared in films and on the stage, recently in her one-woman adaptation of Morris Gleitzman's Water Wings.