Matt Stanton

Matt Stanton is a bestselling children’s author and illustrator who has sold more than one million books in Australia

His middle-grade series Funny Kid debuted as the #1 Australian kids’ book and has fans all around the world. He has twenty picture books to his name, including the award-winning This is a Ball series, and over twenty-five novels including the immensely popular graphic novel series, The Odds, Bored and Fluff.

Matt lives on the south coast of NSW with his wife, bestselling author Beck Stanton, their four kids and a giant dog.

TALKS

Duck: Look Who’s Talking!

Years 1-6

In this funny and highly engaging session, bestselling and award-winning children’s author / illustrator Matt Stanton takes students (Stages 1–3) behind the scenes of his brand new Duck series.
Where do ideas come from? How do we use structure to build them into stories? How does research shape even the silliest of ideas? How do we create characters that inspire and drive our stories forward? How can drawing help us to write when we’re stuck? How do ideas in our imaginations turn into books we can read in the library?
Entertaining, interactive and grounded in real craft, Matt’s ‘behind-the-scenes’ school session delivers genuine classroom value while focusing on inspiring students to fall in love with reading.

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