This year’s program features:

• Andrea Rowe, author of four picture books but best known for Jetty Jumping, which won the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year in 2022;
• Song-writing sisters Beth and Byll Stephen from the Teeny Tiny Stevies, who have not only published six picture books but who also won the 2020 ARIA for Best Children's Album;
• Former Neighbours star Felice Arena, author of the bestselling Specky MaGee and Sporty Kids series, as well as several historical novels; and
• Former journalist and primary school teacher Huda Hayek, author of the 2022 CBCA-shortlisted novel Huda and Me and 2024 CBCA Honour Book Huda Was Here. 

2025 is the first year in which the program will also feature a public event: music stars the Teeny Tiny Stevies will be meeting fans and signing their books at the Bookshop at Queenscliff after school on Thursday 8 May.

Queenscliffe Literary Festival’s Schools Program is supported by the Borough of Queenscliffe and receives donations as people buy tickets for the adult festival program. We are very grateful for the community support for this excellent program, which reaches every preschool and school student in the Borough each year.