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View fullsize 🩷💙🩷PROGRAM PREVIEW🩷💙🩷
The PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS program is LIVE!
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We are so excited to bring you the award-winning authors
✨AUNTY FAY MUIR & SUE LAWSON✨
in our festival panel on COLLABORATION

🤲🏾COLLABORATION 🤲🏾
Industry pros&
View fullsize PLEASE DON’t miss out on working with this powerhouse publisher 📚
Our Coach 
KATE WHITFIELD Senior Editor at A&U is selling fast
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Festivals are the only way to meet this publisher ✨ the 2025 Coach Camp feedback from campers was e
View fullsize The Sketch n Scribe Festival is super excited to announce a ✨SUCCESS STORY✨
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BILLY ROONEY has signed a picture book contract with UQP 
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Here is what Billie has to say about how the festival supported her contract signing.
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“The Sketch and
View fullsize Hello story lovers 📚⭐️📚
SKETCH n SCRIBE FESTIVAL NEWS 
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Come & MEET THE SPEAKERS on our
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS !
The list is JAM PACKED with publishing pros & expert kidlit creators.
Jump over to the website & check it out 🔗
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View fullsize ‼️A SEAT WITH EVE IS AVAILABLE ‼️
✨WHO WILL BE THE LUCKY LAST✨

Our talented publisher & Coach 
EVE TONELLI from WALKER BOOKS has ALMOST SOLD OUT 😆
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PSA: Coach Camp tix are live and 
ON SALE TODAY 📆

📣We have many publishers almost s
View fullsize 🩷💙🩷SNEAK PROGRAM PEEK🩷💙🩷

The PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS program is coming together

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We are so excited to bring you the award-winning author and festival director

✨STEF GEMMILL✨

presenting her on-line workshop on

✍️YOUR CREATIVE RESUM
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The PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS program is coming together

📝We are so excited to bring you the award-winning illustrator, author and artist

✨JESS RACKLYEFT✨

presenting her on-line masterclass on

✍️PICTURE THIS: A
View fullsize ANOTHER COACH CAMP SOLD OUT!!PLEASE DON’T miss OUT! 
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The Coach Camp tix are vanishing faster than missing commas in Stef’s 1st drafts 🥹

🗒️There are LIMITED online tix

⭐️each  Coach has been carefully selected for their ability to m
View fullsize PLEASE DON’t miss out on working with this powerhouse publisher 📚
Our Coach 
TASH BESLIEV  fromAFFIRM & global publisher SIMON SCHUSTER  has ALMOST SOLD OUT 😆
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Festivals are now the only way to submit to this publisher ✨ the 202
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Our talented publisher & Coach 
CHREN BYNG is flying down from Sydney to assess, COACH & workshop your manuscripts. 
✅HARDIE GRANT are huge supporters of emerging talent ✍️🎨
⭐️Chren Byng is Senior Publisher at HARDIE GRANT CHI

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