Join popular, award-winning children’s author and illustrator Sami Bayly for a special school show during the Bathurst Writers’ and Readers’ Festival.
Sami combines her love of weird and wonderful animals with art in fun, engaging, educational presentations. Sparking curiosity and a sense of wonder, her presentations include facts about the fauna and flora worlds around us, and things kids love like ugly animals, parasites, poo stories, and more. Highlighting her prize-winning non-fiction Illustrated Encyclopedia Series, kids also get the chance to participate in an interactive illustration workshop and demonstration.
Suitable for Stages Two and Three.
Sami Bayly is a natural history illustrator based in Newcastle, NSW, who loves all things weird and wonderful.
Her series of Illustrated Encyclopedia’s for children have won numerous awards and featured on many shortlists including as a CBCA Honour Book, ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children and Australian Book Design Award for Younger Readers. Sami finds the beauty and importance of all animals regardless of their appearance and hopes to share her appreciation with others.
Event and Ticket Details
20/05/2026 10:30am - 11:30am
$5 per student*
*Subsidised by The Lions Club of Bathurst.
Educators are free of charge.
