Speakers Tim Jarvis April 28, 2026 / April 28, 2026 by bpcuser870 Tim Jarvis is the director of Fullers Bookshop, Tasmania. He was the ABA/PRH Young Bookseller of the Year in 2018, and has been on the ABA board since 2019, serving as president 2023-2025. He is an inaugural member of the Writing Australia Council. Nearly twenty years ago he abandoned a computer science degree to study […] Read more »
Speakers Tash Besliev April 28, 2026 / April 28, 2026 by bpcuser870 Tash Besliev is currently Executive Publisher, Children’s at S&S Australia having spent 25 years in children’s publishing working almost every job except operating the printing press (she’d have a go if they let her). With experience spanning editorial, marketing and sales, she has driven bestselling series like Billie B Brown and Life Lessons for Little Ones, worked with […] Read more »
Speakers Patrizia Di Biase-Dyson April 28, 2026 / April 28, 2026 by bpcuser870 Patrizia Di Biase-Dyson is Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Publishers Association (APA), where she works closely with publishers across the country to advocate for the industry and support its growth and future direction. She built her career in Australian trade publishing, with roles at Allen & Unwin, Black Inc. and Murdoch Books, and now also enjoys advocating for educational […] Read more »
Speakers Nicole Venter April 28, 2026 / April 28, 2026 by bpcuser870 Nicole Venter is the Stakeholder Engagement Manager — Retail at Service and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA). With two decades of experience, Nicole has played a key role in projects aimed at improving talent attraction and retention, addressing customer aggression, and increasing awareness of the power of retail career pathways to empower young leaders and provide […] Read more »
Speakers Michael Earp April 28, 2026 / April 28, 2026 by bpcuser870 Michael Earp is a non-binary writer and bookseller living in Naarm, the editor of Everything Under the Moon, Kindred, Out-Side and co-edited Avast! with Alison Evans. They have a teaching degree and a Masters in children’s literature and have worked between bookselling and publishing for over twenty-four years as a children’s literature specialist. They are the new owner of The Little […] Read more »
Speakers Meg Mason April 28, 2026 / April 28, 2026 by bpcuser870 Meg Mason is the author of You Be Mother and Sorrow and Bliss, which became an international bestseller after it was published in 2021. Winner of the 2022 Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards, and shortlisted for the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction, it has since been translated into thirty languages. […] Read more »
Speakers Magda Szubanski April 28, 2026 / April 28, 2026 by bpcuser870 Magda Szubanski is one of Australia’s best known and most loved performers. Her character of Sharon Strzelecki rose to fame in ABC TV’s Kath and Kim. Her bestselling memoir Reckoning won the 2016 Indie Award for Non-Fiction, the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, the 2016 Nielsen Bookdata Booksellers Choice Award, the 2016 Australian […] Read more »
Speakers Jo Dabrowski April 28, 2026 / April 28, 2026 by bpcuser870 Jo Dabrowski is a Melbourne-based children’s author and bookseller at Book and Paper, Williamston VIC who is passionate about children’s literacy and soft cheeses. Jo’s titles include the middle-grade novels Get Your Act Together, Doris Kozlowski, (shortlisted for the 2024 Readings Prize) and The Making of Martha Mayfield (CBCA Notable 2026), as well as the hugely popular picture book, Dear Broccoli (CBCA […] Read more »
Speakers Jennifer Jackson April 28, 2026 / April 28, 2026 by bpcuser870 Jennifer Jackson is a bookseller / owner of Paper Bird Children’s Bookshop and child psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She opened the store 10 years ago in Walyalup / Fremantle. It is internationally renowned as a destination bookshop for the magical experience of climbing through the Narnia Wardrobe among a wonderland of fascinating books. All kids, no matter […] Read more »
Speakers Jane Morrow April 28, 2026 / April 28, 2026 by bpcuser870 Jane Morrow is the publishing director of global lifestyle publisher Murdoch Books, owned by Australia’s biggest independent publisher, Allen & Unwin. She leads a close-knit team of publishers, marketers, editors and designers who are industry leaders in illustrated and narrative nonfiction. Jane has personally published numerous bestsellers and award winners, particularly in the areas of […] Read more »
