MIRROR MENTORSHIP ALUMNI
The artists, writers and storytellers who have shaped MIRROR.
MIRROR supports emerging bilingual and multilingual creators to develop their practice, strengthen their professional pathways and bring new stories into Australian children’s literature.
Our alumni are writers, illustrators and multidisciplinary artists working across languages, cultures and creative forms. Each has contributed to MIRROR’s growing community of storytellers—and to a richer, more representative literary landscape.
Explore their work, learn about their MIRROR journeys and discover where their creative practices have taken them.
2022-2023
2024-2026
Illustration by Huaning Wu
2022-2023
MIRROR Mentorship 2022-2023
In 2022, the MIRROR Mentorship Program received 36 complete applications, from 19 authors, 7 author/illustrators, 7 illustrators and 3 literary translators.
The languages represented in the applicants were rich and varied, representing a total of 30 languages and dialects. There was a small majority of Arabic speakers, with Mandarin, Spanish and Tamil the next most common languages in applications. We received submissions from speakers of Batjamalh (an Australian First Nations language), Visayan/Bisaya, Igo, Baba Malay, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Dari, Turkish, Persian and more.
The selection panel, Miriam Rosenbloom, Jane Stratton, Rachel Bin Salleh, Rebecca Lim, and Freda Chiu, found that determining the successful artists to be a very difficult process, largely due to the beautiful wealth of creators and creative practices presented in this year’s submissions.
The MIRROR Panel has offered feedback to all artists and wishes to convey its thanks and congratulations to each applicant.
Join us in congratulating Afsaneh Khoramshahi, Audrey Villafaña, and You Mu Amy Ge, the recipients of the MIRROR Mentorship 2022-23.
We celebrate the Mirror mentors supporting the successful artists this year: Aśka, SHER RILL NG and DINALIE DABARERA.
Illustrator and Author: Leila Frijat
2024-2026
MIRROR Mentorship 2024-2026
This year, the MIRROR Mentorship Program received 33 complete applications from 33 illustrators and writers.
The languages represented by the applicants were rich and varied, comprising a total of 20 languages and dialects. There was a small majority of Mandarin-speaking applicants, with Arabic and Tagalog the next most common languages.
We received submissions from speakers of Shona, Bisaya, Cambodian, Vietnamese, German, French, Korean, Malayalam, Bahasa Indonesian and more.
Join us in congratulating LEILA FRIJAT, HUANING WU, and LIMA MAULA, recipients of the MIRROR Mentorship 2024-26.
We celebrate the MIRROR Mentors supporting the successful artists this year: ZENO SWORDER, SHER RILL NG and FREDA CHIU.
Illustrator - Lima Maula