Mark Carthew
Author & Entertainer • Prep – Grade 6
STORIES WITH ZING!
Dr Mark Carthew is an award-winning Australian author, poet and educator, celebrated for his playful language and wordplay. Having sold over a million books worldwide, Mark a winner of Speech Pathology Australia’s Book of the Year Award, will bring his international best sellers The Great Zoo Hullabaloo and The Thing That Goes Ping! to the Festival. Mark is a May Gibbs Fellow, and he holds a PhD in Writing. Mark invites younger audiences to join in a fun-filled session of Words That Ping and Stories with Zing, while upper primary students will laugh along with Wizards with Lizards, Witches in Britches and his fun, batty books that will have them in stitches.
Pre-order your Festival books to avoid the bookshop queues!
Sessions
104 Thursday 9.15am Grades 4–6
112 Thursday 10.45am Grades 1–4
121 Thursday 12.15pm Prep–3
202 Friday 9.15am Grades 1–4
232 Friday 1.30pm Prep–3
Workshop
Create & Cartoon (Comic Workshop)
A fun-filled cartooning workshop where creativity takes centre stage! Students will explore storytelling through lively illustrations, playful wordplay and dynamic characters. With expert guidance, they’ll bring their own cartoons to life – perfect for budding artists and storytellers alike!
231 Friday 12.15pm Grades 6–8
