Join award-winning illustrator and author, Anna Walker, in an interactive Story House workshop, where imagination finds a home.

A story house is a place where creativity lives and stories come alive, where kids can create their own worlds, characters, and adventures.

Anna will share tales behind her collection of handmade story houses, which feature many of her beloved picture book characters. Participants will then have the opportunity to use found and handmade objects to craft their own story house to take home. Suitable for children aged 7-12 years old, and their families.

Anna Walker is an award-winning illustrator and author of many picture books for children published around the world. Using traditional mediums, Anna creates stories inspired by the quiet and sometimes joyful details of life. Her books include Florette – New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book, Mr Huff shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and winner of the CBCA book of the year Early Childhood. Her most recent illustrated book is A Life Song written by Jane Godwin – shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards. Anna lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne.

This event is funded by the Department of Education Victoria to celebrate the 20th anniversary for the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge.