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Storyteller-in-Residence
September 29 - October 3
Storyteller and host extraordinaire Glenn Swift invites you to The Story Hub: a warm, welcoming space for stories, books, rhymes and literary events at The Stor...
Uptown Brown's Pinball Palace
September 29 - October 3
Uptown Brown is a singing gentleman-adventurer who brings the sounds of 1920s and 1930s jazz and blues to life with his own one-man band. His unique setup, made...
Touch & Go
September 29 - October 3
Touch & Go is a dancing game devised especially for children aged two and three years. Featuring dance-theatre and minimal verbal language, Touch & Go e...
Spontaneous Stories with James Foley
October 1 - October 2
Join James Foley for a laugh-out-loud session where the kids are in charge. Bring your weirdest and wackiest ideas for stories, because we’ll be mashing them up...
Snuggleplay
September 29 - October 3
Snuggleplay is an intimate theatre experience designed for eight babies aged 6 to 15 months and their caregivers. Families are welcomed under the Story Tree, wh...
Skills and Thrills Circus Play
September 29 - October 3
Have you ever dreamed of dazzling a crowd as a circus superstar? The fantastic Yip Yip Circus is back at the Festival, ready to teach you jaw-dropping tricks an...
Little Impressions
September 29 - October 3
This year’s theme, 'How can I make a difference?’, invites students across Western Australia to explore recycled art and consider how even the smallest things c...
Imagination Playground
September 29 - October 3
Using giant Imagination Playground blocks, children can build a new world every day of the Festival. This interactive activity includes a wide variety of loose ...
Kooky Finds Home: A Sensory Adventure
September 29 - October 3
Kaya! Welcome, my name is Kooky! Do you know what animal I am? That's right! I am a Kookaburra! I would love to set up a home, but I often start dreaming of the...
Book Launch: Kep Barna, Worl Barna & Noongar Boodja Waangkan
September 29
Join Noongar language teacher and storyteller Jayden Boundry and illustrator Tyrown Waigana for a special celebration of their Noongar language books: Kep Barna...
Juvenilia
September 29 - October 3
Juvenilia is work produced by an author or artist while they were a child. This exhibition showcases the juvenilia of Australian children’s authors and illustra...
History Hunters
October 2
Our past is full of adventures and curious, larger-than-life characters. It is a rich vein of material for history hunter and award-winning author Mark Greenwoo...
Hermit
September 29 - October 3
I can see a square. Is it a house?There’s a noise coming from inside. What’s happening over there?Suddenly a flap opens. Could there be something inside?What co...
Create your own dystopia!
October 1
Join the authors of the new young adult dystopian-comedy Old Bertie as they explore the joys of creating their own rich fictional world. The workshop will delve...
Clay Meelyu with Dr Holly Bradley
October 3
Join acclaimed Western Australian author and conservation biologist Dr Holly Bradley for a special Story Time featuring her beautiful picture book, Milly Meelyu...
AWESOME Kids Market
September 29 - October 3
The AWESOME Kids’ Markets are back! The next generation of local young creatives and entrepreneurs have been busy creating a vast array of homemade creations wh...
Amazing Astro Animals: Book Launch
September 29
Join local author and illustrator James Foley to celebrate the release of his first-ever non-fiction book, Amazing Astro Animals!Before humans ever left the pla...
Book Boogie - A Storytime Experience
September 29 - October 3
Book Boogie is an immersive storytelling experience in which children and families become the authors of their own adventures. Guided by two playful clown libra...
Amazing Astro Animals: The Exhibition
September 29 - October 3
James Foley's brand-new non-fiction book, Amazing Astro Animals, tells the incredible true stories of animals who have been to space.Did you know the very first...
A Perfect City
September 29 - October 3
What would your perfect city look like?Join artist Charlotte Meagher in this collaborative visual art experience where children and families work together to im...
A Fear Less Storytime with Kelly Canby
September 30
Join award-winning author and illustrator Kelly Canby for a joyful, interactive storytime inspired by her latest picture book, FearLess. Together, you'll meet a...
Stellarphant by James Foley
September 29 - October 3
Stella the elephant has one big dream: to become an astronaut. The only problem is that Space Command says elephants can’t go to space.Every time Stella applies...
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