Literature Festival 2015
community guest speakers
If you would like to attend please fill out the attached registration form and send it back to us by Wednesday, 22 April
2015. All presentations are free and are on a ‘first in, best dressed’ basis.
Please arrange your own transport.
OLIVER PHOMMAVANH
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
10:30AM-11:30AM
Oliver Phommavanh loves to make people laugh, whether it’s on the page writing humour for kids
or on stage as a sand-up comedian. He also shares his passion for writing with the kids he teaches
at a primary school in Western Sydney. As a comedian, Oliver has appeared on stage and on
national TV and radio. His books include: Stuff Happens: Ethan; Thai-No-Mite!; Thai- Riffic!; ConNerd and Punchlines. (Suitable for Years 3-6.)
TRISTAN BANCKS
Thursday, 7 May 2015
10:30AM-11:30AM
Tristan Bancks is a children’s and teen author with a background in acting and filmmaking. His books
include My Life & Other Stuff I Made Up; Mac Slater: Coolhunter; Galactic Adventures: First Kids in
Space; the Nit Boy series; and Two Wolves. His short films as writer and director have won a number
of awards and have screened widely in festivals and on TV. Tristan is excited by the future of
storytelling and inspiring others to create. (Suitable for Years 3-6.)
MONKEY BAA THEATRE COMPANY
Friday, 8 May 2015
11:00AM-12:00 NOON
“I am Jack” theatre production, based on the novel by Susanne Gervay.
Two minute preview available here.
This one man show explores the often overlooked insidious taunting and teasing that bullies are so
adept at inflicting on their victims and the roles that family and schools can play in responding. Jack
takes us on a touching and sometimes comical journey as he moves from victim to victor.
Jack is smart, funny and is being bullied. What starts as an off the cuff joke during a handball
competition, soon turns into a set of circumstances whereby Jack is no longer safe in the playground.
But with the use of self-expression through photography, Jack begins to make sense of his world; of
his relationships with others, and most importantly, with himself.
(Suitable for Years 5-8 only.)