https://www.mirror.org.au/mirror-journeys daily 0.75 2025-11-18 https://www.mirror.org.au/mirror-journeys/mirror-mentorship-development-day-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1763430083724-LK4R43MA5PAEP3679990/TDTF+and+Scribble+Mirror+Mentorship+2025+-+1.JPG Blog - Mirror Mentorship Development Day 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1763430054987-3Y4YQG3T32SPGG9O3CMJ/TDTF+and+Scribble+Mirror+Mentorship+2025+-3+.JPG Blog - Mirror Mentorship Development Day 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1763430095273-9P89V3CPW60TX4X52RLP/TDTF+and+Scribble+Mirror+Mentorship+2025+-+6.JPG Blog - Mirror Mentorship Development Day 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1763430099422-5W9WL5N96XBFHM5RPE05/TDTF+and+Scribble+Mirror+Mentorship+2025+-2.JPG Blog - Mirror Mentorship Development Day 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1763429575674-AAJZSHQ0DP7JVQOIQHLM/TDTF+and+Scribble+Mirror+Mentorship+2025+-4+.JPG Blog - Mirror Mentorship Development Day 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1763429611781-H261OZYX00B5C9BH27M3/TDTF+and+Scribble+Mirror+Mentorship+2025+-+5.JPG Blog - Mirror Mentorship Development Day 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1763429620763-NUU80IWCPGXHOJN19GK0/TDTF+and+Scribble+Mirror+Mentorship+2025+-+7.JPG Blog - Mirror Mentorship Development Day 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1763429628384-M9Y81FVKSY0S5I7DMSWE/TDTF+and+Scribble+Mirror+Mentorship+2025+-+8.JPG Blog - Mirror Mentorship Development Day 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1763429651950-8CFEKFQKAQZ9YR6GHLZV/TDTF+and+Scribble+Mirror+Mentorship+2025+-10.JPG Blog - Mirror Mentorship Development Day 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1763429643496-8QZJKYL17R9WDWW4B2CA/TDTF+and+Scribble+Mirror+Mentorship+2025+-9.JPG Blog - Mirror Mentorship Development Day 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1763429659006-Q1JS45Y10PVUKIAYY3AZ/TDTF+and+Scribble+Mirror+Mentorship+2025+-11.JPG Blog - Mirror Mentorship Development Day 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1763429665032-6JYW9AEI8CJPU4HR9798/TDTF+and+Scribble+Mirror+Mentorship+2025+-+12.JPG Blog - Mirror Mentorship Development Day 2025 https://www.mirror.org.au/mirror-journeys/reflections-from-emerging-illustrator-leila-frijat monthly 0.5 2025-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/e9ff3e98-cf4a-4d05-b9fa-b959a8cbb50d/Leila+2.jpg Blog - IN THE MIDDLE OF MIRROR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/627386bc-6831-4f1a-bac8-788eec2e336c/Leila+1.png Blog - IN THE MIDDLE OF MIRROR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/358f2a4e-a0db-4399-bf5e-7a3574d3e4de/leila-frijat-header.png Blog - IN THE MIDDLE OF MIRROR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mirror.org.au/faqs daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/5e2081fa-7b96-4ee4-81bf-48fc88e95d68/Black_RGB_Vertical.png FAQS https://www.mirror.org.au/panellists daily 0.75 2024-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1608454074810-VZ8CRNFEGDG0SXBYXHXN/201217+Rachel+Bin+Salleh_HEADSHOT.jpg Judges - Rachel Bin Salleh Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/934efd3c-6ee0-4bc8-a593-b805ec0eb798/211021+fredachiu+edited.png Judges - FREDA CHIU Freda Chiu is an illustrator and author from Sydney, Australia. As well as illustrating children's books, her work spans comics, editorial, public art and retail graphics. Her selected clients include Allen and Unwin, Hardie Grant, Walker Books and Penguin Random House among others. Outside her art practice, Freda lectures in Illustration and Animation Design at the University of Technology Sydney. Her debut picture book, A Trip to the Hospital, was short-listed for the IBBY Australia Ena Noël Award and for the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA)’s New Illustrator Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1607595624001-YWWOMHSQ4R8WO4FVWV4L/rebecca_lim.jpg Judges - ReBecca Lim Rebecca Lim is a writer, illustrator, editor and lawyer, and the author of over twenty books, including Tiger Daughter (a Kirkus, Amazon and Booklist Best Book, CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers and Victorian Premier’s Literary Award-winner), The Astrologer’s Daughter (A Kirkus Best Book and CBCA Notable Book) and the bestselling Mercy. Her work has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, Queensland Literary Awards, Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award and Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards, shortlisted multiple times for the Aurealis Awards and Davitt Awards, and longlisted for the Gold Inky Award and the David Gemmell Legend Award. Her novels have been translated into German, French, Turkish, Portuguese, Polish, Vietnamese and Russian. She is a co-founder of the Voices from the Intersection initiative and co-editor of Meet Me at the Intersection, a groundbreaking anthology of YA #OwnVoice memoir, poetry and fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1607595672262-CB5EQUK2A4BEJOZ7N8OK/miriam Judges - Miriam Rosenbloom Miriam Rosenbloom is the founder and publishing director of Scribble, Scribe’s first children’s imprint. Since its launch in 2016, Scribble has gone on to win many local and international awards, including the 2019 BOP-Bologna Prize Best Children's Publishers of the Year for Oceania. Scribble focuses on books that both kids and adults will delight in, and that reflect the many varied experiences of our shared lives and communities. Miriam’s background is in book design, and design and illustration are at the heart of Scribble’s books. Scribble’s mission is to push boundaries and contribute to wider design conversations beyond the world of publishing, while remaining accessible to the mainstream market. Miriam has commissioned a list of widely loved books, including Daniel Gray-Barnett’s CBCA-winning Grandma Z, Felicita Sala’s award-winning and internationally bestselling Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street, and Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys’ wildly successful All the Ways to be Smart, as well as other beloved books in this exceptional creative duo’s emotional intelligence-focused picture-book series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1607595803708-162XVNYPPRH4NX7Z2W8U/jane.jpg Judges - Jane Stratton Jane Stratton is the CEO and founder of the Think+DO Tank Foundation. In 2017, Jane created the highly successful social enterprise LOST IN BOOKS, a multilingual kids’ bookshop, creative community hub and safer space for women and children in Fairfield, South Western Sydney. Jane works to elevate the voices of low socio-economic and excluded community members to inform and to model systems change. She enables multi-disciplinary collaborative projects, enterprises and enquiries in response to the question: “What would make life here easier, better or more affordable?”. Jane’s intelligent and empathetic approach has fostered her reputation as a courageous leader at the forefront of collaborative work with communities,inspiring those within them and beyond them to broaden the horizon of what is possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/33b88ce9-71de-4c71-89af-4ee137350187/Untitled+design+%285%29.png Judges - Omar Sakr Omar Sakr is the author of three acclaimed poetry collections, including The Lost Arabs (UQP), which won the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award, the John Bray Poetry Award, the Judith Wright Calanthe Award, and the Colin Roderick Award. His first novel, Son of Sin (Affirm Press), was published in 2022 and is being released in the UK in November 2024 through the87press. His latest poetry collection, Non-Essential Work, has been shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize and the ALS Gold Medal. Omar is a widely published essayist and editor whose work has been translated into Arabic and Spanish. Omar is the Literary Programs Lead at Think+DO Tank Foundation in Fairfield, and the curator of A Western Sydney Book Club in Parramatta. Born to Lebanese and Turkish Muslim migrants in Western Sydney, he lives there still, on unceded Dharug land. https://www.mirror.org.au/about-mirror-mentorship daily 1.0 2026-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1657501036313-Q0T41HY62MM7PJC52ZX6/Rebecca+combined.png MIRROR Mentorship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1615878514705-00LMCVIQCCCKCR7XCEGA/MIRROR.gif MIRROR Mentorship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1615878514705-00LMCVIQCCCKCR7XCEGA/MIRROR.gif MIRROR Mentorship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/9d2b1303-9938-4ba5-bf77-eec78a6e427e/Mirror+Web+Card+Jane-2.png MIRROR Mentorship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/5543190c-ec61-41f9-8055-ea7c977073fa/Mirror+Web+Card+Miriam.png MIRROR Mentorship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1f23eeb6-6a17-4696-9b97-21bdcdef9c96/Mirror+Web+Card+Freda+%28Website%29.png MIRROR Mentorship https://www.mirror.org.au/showcase-1 daily 0.75 2024-07-30 https://www.mirror.org.au/terms-and-conditions daily 0.75 2022-03-21 https://www.mirror.org.au/2022-participants daily 0.75 2024-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1657503781493-NQ5WANUBOCTFK76UFJCL/Lima+Maula+-+portfolio.png 2022 Participants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1657503809316-61H00UXFTJU1H7YWV56S/Pei+Kwang+-+Moth.png 2022 Participants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1657503836287-45STFUBZHLNK8QQS9E8Y/Afsenah+-+portfolio.png 2022 Participants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1657504316831-9OOUOEQ0HTPP9ND9KZPW/ErikaZhu_Portfolio2.png 2022 Participants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/0bdc6810-6bf2-4cda-b406-9cd9d27f38e7/Afsaneh+Headshot.jpg 2022 Participants - Afsaneh Khoramshahi is an Australian/Iranian author and illustrator who currently lives in Hammond Park, Western Australia. She paints, designs Persian rugs and has authored and illustrated books in Iran. Her art focuses on the intersection of modern daily life in Australia and ancient folktales and fables from Iran. “In my most recent projects, I have tried to portray the worlds of old Persian love poems and communicate what may be lost in translation. Instead of words, I have used the international language of shape and colour to present poetry that can exist across cultures.”“In my most recent projects, I have tried to portray the worlds of old Persian love poems and communicate what may be lost in translation. Instead of words, I have used the international language of shape and colour to present poetry that can exist across cultures.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/133a4f56-88d2-4187-b0b8-d273a1828320/Audrey_Villafana_Headshot_220610.jpg 2022 Participants - Audrey Villafaña is a Filipino-Australian illustrator based in Sydney. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Design (Animation) from the University of Technology Sydney in 2021. Audrey was born in Manila, The Philippines and moved to Australia when she was 5 years old. As a Third Culture Kid, she’s always been drawn to stories about diversity and differences, and is always looking to help kids 'find their place in the world' through her work. Her illustrative style takes a ‘scrapbook’ approach, incorporating hand-generated textures, colours and assets to create a playful, tactile feel. Her favourite media to work with include ink, gouache, and watercolour. In addition to illustrating, Audrey is also a Production Coordinator at Flying Bark Productions, working on animated children’s film and TV. “Children’s content is so powerful. It has the potential to shape identities and entire childhoods. I’d love for my work to help children of colour feel represented, and know that they too can be main characters.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/9bf617da-4ddb-462e-bc60-7801cc741e19/headshot+17.jpg 2022 Participants - You Mu Amy Ge is an emerging Chinese-Australian artist from Noongar country (Perth, Western Australia) currently living and practising on Gadigal land (Sydney, New South Wales). Growing up, she was the short kid in class who loved to draw - and this love of drawing took her all the way across the country to study at UNSW Art & Design, where she graduated with first-class honours in 2019. Her print, illustration and animation work have been exhibited at the National Maritime Museum, Sydney Design Festival, Lane Cove Gallery, UNSW Galleries, Down Under Space, Kudos Gallery and in publications such as Voiceworks Australia. “I have a special interest in exploring how language can both expand and obscure meanings and relations; referencing my own experiences growing up being able to speak, but not read or write, the language of my parents.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/c7f46738-5a4b-46e6-a073-ec88d55b827e/As%CC%81ka+Promo+3+-+by+Emanuel+Rudnicki.jpg 2022 Participants - Aśka (pronounced ‘Ash-ka’), is creative dynamite. A graphic novelist, a visual storyteller and an ex-quantum physicist, living and working on Whadjuk Noongar Land (Perth). A hugely engaging and popular presenter, Aśka is passionate about visual literacy. She has traditionally published more than ten books and graphic novels, as well as dozens of other, self-published zines and comics. Aśka has been a judge for the Make Your Own Storybook Competition five years running, is an organising committee member for the Perth Comic Arts Festival, contributes regularly to The School Magazine, volunteered as Illustrator Co-ordinator in the WA branch of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators for four years, has single handedly run an animation festival, held a solo art exhibition, and has been featured in an ABC TV documentary. When she’s not creating, Aśka is travelling across Western Australia teaching the language of drawing to anyone who’ll listen. For more on Aśka’s passions, projects and art, check out: www.askastorytelling.com. For Mirror 2022 - 23, Aśka mentors artist, Afsaneh Khoramshahi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/be9b5aca-1c8b-4625-b7f6-278520f72304/20210506_SherRillNG_profile.png 2022 Participants - Sher Rill Ng is a Woi Wurrung/Melbourne-based digital illustrator. She designed and illustrated for SaaS companies before releasing her first author-illustrated picture book Our Little Inventor (2019). Her illustrated work can be seen in Alice Pung’s Be Careful, Xiao Xin! (2022), and on the covers of middle grade novels, including The Twelve by Cindy Lin and Winnie Zeng Unleashes a Legend by Katie Zhao. Our Little Inventor has been adapted for the stage, composed by Emma Jayakumar and presented by the West Australian Opera, and was premiered in October 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/11b735d7-1ccc-4296-b19c-595db9bac1d1/Headshot_DinalieDabarera_lr.jpg 2022 Participants - Dinalie is an illustrator and children’s book author who loves telling stories. Her debut solo picture book Quiet Time with My Seeya is available in the United States through Roaring Brook Press (Macmillan), and in Australia and the UK through Allen & Unwin. Her first book The Cat with the Coloured Tail, written by Gillian Mears, was nominated for the CBCA Award for New Illustrator as well as multiple other industry awards. Her work in animation has included art directing and illustrating the award-winning children’s TV series Alphabet Street for Disney Australia, and storyboarding the animated Gundungarra Dreaming story Gurangatch and Mirrigan which is showing at the Australian Museum. She is currently a creative resident at the Powerhouse Museum, where she chugs a lot of tea and tries to keep her studio plants alive while working on her next picture book. https://www.mirror.org.au/mentors daily 0.75 2024-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/af8d752d-abfc-4951-a989-80d005f972c5/thumbnail_Mirror-Announcement-2025_6.jpg MENTORS - ZENO SWORDER Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/6f6fc211-e0b2-42eb-9b94-0da9514a7274/Mirror-Announcement-2025_7.jpg MENTORS - FREDA CHIU Freda Chiv is a Chinese Australian illustrator, author and educator. Her work has been published locally and internationally by clients including Hardie Grant, Allen and Unwin, Walker Books, Hachette Kids and Penguin Random House. As well as making joyful art for children's books, her work spans editorial, branding illustration and art for public spaces. Outside her art practice, Freda lectures in Illustration and Visual Communication at the University of Technology Sydney. Her debut picture book, A Trip to the Hospital, was short-listed for the 2021 IBBY Australia Ena Noel Award and for the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA)'s New Illustrator Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/7fabffb4-89fb-4b48-828e-86241f979918/Mirror-Announcement-2025_8.jpg MENTORS - Sher rill ng Sher Rill Ng is a Naarm/Melbourne based illustrator. She designed and illustrated for Saas companies before releasing her first author-illustrated picture book Our Little Inventor in 2019. In 2022, Our Little Inventor was adapted into a children's opera, composed by Emma Jayakumar and presented by the West Australian Opera. Her work includes middle grade book covers for The Twelve by Cindy Lin, The Rogues by Lian Tanner and Winnie Zeng Unleashes a Legend by Katie Zhao. Most recently Sher Rill has illustrated Be Careful, Xiao Xin! written by Alice Pung, for which she was awarded the 2024 IBBY Australia Ena Noel Award for Illustration, and Millie Mak the Maker. https://www.mirror.org.au/2024-participants daily 0.75 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1657503781493-NQ5WANUBOCTFK76UFJCL/Lima+Maula+-+portfolio.png Mentorship Participants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1657503809316-61H00UXFTJU1H7YWV56S/Pei+Kwang+-+Moth.png Mentorship Participants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1657503836287-45STFUBZHLNK8QQS9E8Y/Afsenah+-+portfolio.png Mentorship Participants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1657504316831-9OOUOEQ0HTPP9ND9KZPW/ErikaZhu_Portfolio2.png Mentorship Participants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/0bb1bc23-6adf-4405-a67b-9c881a8f9816/83b7beb27b5d-2021_01_25_042749162.jpg Mentorship Participants - Lia Maula, who otherwise goes by Lima, is a Muslim Indonesian illustrator born and raised in Sydney. After spending the last decade in Indonesia and completing a degree in architecture there, they have returned to Sydney. Lima uses a mix of traditional and digital media to create illustrations that are sombre, wistful and nostalgic. Their current body of work mostly revolves around themes of solitude and searching. Lima's primary interest is illustrating picture books, however as a multidisciplinary artist they have also dabbled in mural design, background painting for animation, and hand-lettering. Lima is a Children's Book Academy graduate and scholarship recipient and has experience working with self-published authors, editors, art directors, and agents. Lima was a finalist for the 2022-2023 Mirror Mentorship as well as the a We Need Diverse Books Mentorship Program. “Growing up, I've had to move around between countries and cities, and I'd like to cater to an audience with the same experience in hiraeth. Adjusting to new environments as a kid can be difficult and I hope the things I work on can aid them in that experience.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/ebd83f18-913b-4525-acac-1b2364a1370e/53a9c7c90b86-WechatIMG1438.jpeg Mentorship Participants - Huaning Wu is a Chinese illustrator and writer. Her first picture book Cat was a finalist for the 7th BIBF Ananas International Illustration Award (2022), the 9th Hiii Illustration International Competition (2022), and received a Merit award in the iJungle Illustration Awards (2022). Her second book, Chinese Classic Stories: Peking Opera Edition is forthcoming. Having recently moved to Australia, she is looking to create bilingual works and publish her first book here. Having recently moved to Australia, she is looking to create bilingual works and publish her first book in this market. “I transitioned to illustration three years ago from a different field. Influenced by my mother, an art teacher, I grew up with a love for art and solidified my focus on illustration during university. Since then, I have been dedicated to exploring diverse styles and expressive techniques to bring stories to life for young readers.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/499796cc-7d14-4616-99e1-bec21630372d/26d1edbe2a5b-received_182718816617144.png Mentorship Participants - Leila Frijat (b. 1997, Meanjin) is a multidisciplinary artist and illustrator who resides and practices in Gadi Country. She was recently awarded second place in fortyfivedownstairs’ galleries ‘Emerging Artist Award’ for work developed during her residency at the Gorman and Ainslie Arts Centres, ACT. She has been commissioned by Blacktown City Council, WOTSO Coworking spaces, and Westpoint Shopping Centre to create several public art works involving community consultation. Exhibitions of Leila’s work have been held at FortyFiveDownstairs Gallery, Gaffa Gallery, Comber Street Gallery, and Pari. Her work has been reviewed in publications including Artshub and Framework. “I deeply aspire to create a bilingual children’s book that reflects the multifaceted identities of Arab kids. I want to create an exploratory space for children who can often feel pressured to simplify or reduce their existence into a singular description of their identity.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/cd37b6db-49f2-4f97-92d4-d3eafc7f0814/bio-2.jpg Mentorship Participants - Zeno Sworder is a writer and artist who lives in Melbourne, Australia. He is a husband, and father of two very creative daughters. He has worked as a window washer,journalist, English language teacher, consular officer, tribunal advocate for refugees and immigrants and a jewellery designer. But he is most at home sitting at his desk drawing pictures and making up stories. Zeno is a lover of all stationery but he has a particular soft spot for pencils. He is the award-winning author and illustrator of the books The Small Blue Dot and My Strange Shrinking Parents. For Mirror 2024-26, Zeno mentors artist Huaning Wu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/be9b5aca-1c8b-4625-b7f6-278520f72304/20210506_SherRillNG_profile.png Mentorship Participants - Sher Rill Ng is a Naarm/Melbourne based illustrator. She designed and illustrated for SaaS companies before releasing her first author-illustrated picture book Our Little Inventor in 2019. In 2022, Our Little Inventor was adapted into a children’s opera, composed by Emma Jayakumar and presented by the West Australian Opera. Her work includes middle grade book covers for The Twelve by Cindy Lin, The Rogues by Lian Tanner and Winnie Zeng Unleashes a Legend by Katie Zhao. Most recently Sher Rill has illustrated Be Careful, Xiao Xin! written by Alice Pung, for which she was awarded the 2024 IBBY Australia Ena Noël Award for Illustration, and Millie Mak the Maker. For Mirror 2024-2026, Sher Rill mentors artist Lia Maula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/b760e6e0-0fab-474e-8625-96a791963a04/25.7.24-FredaChiu_Headshot.jpg Mentorship Participants - Freda Chiu is a Chinese Australian illustrator, author and educator. Her work has been published locally and internationally by clients including Hardie Grant, Allen and Unwin, Walker Books, Hachette Kids and Penguin Random House. As well as making joyful art for children's books, her work spans editorial, branding illustration and art for public spaces. Outside her art practice, Freda lectures in Illustration and Visual Communication at the University of Technology Sydney. Her debut picture book, A Trip to the Hospital, was short-listed for the 2021 IBBY Australia Ena Noël Award and for the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA)’s New Illustrator Award. For Mirror 2024-2026, Freda mentors artist Leila Frijat https://www.mirror.org.au/illustrators daily 0.75 2024-11-08 https://www.mirror.org.au/illustrators/leila-frijat monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1f2a33d7-a610-4ddb-a799-f5a6b39e856c/300324.jpg Illustrators - Leila Frijat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/e95b98e5-878a-4dc7-b972-c95ef29bad41/70424+%281%29.jpg Illustrators - Leila Frijat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/2e3b5617-d709-44e4-9550-787bccd61eba/230607+Westpoint+%E2%94%AC%E2%8C%90+Esteban+La+Tessa__ELT5532.jpg Illustrators - Leila Frijat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/a350f4c1-53a2-4bbc-b09d-ec1b3e560f61/PXL_20230526_075113793.jpg Illustrators - Leila Frijat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/0f57fc40-38e3-4d80-bd52-e8424ab358fa/PXL_20230524_092539989.jpg Illustrators - 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She paints, designs Persian rugs and has authored and illustrated books in Iran. Her art focuses on the intersection of modern daily life in Australia and ancient folktales and fables from Iran. Afsenah had illustrated eight titles by other authors, and two of her penmanship. Her books are readily available in Iran. In addition to illustration, Afsenah also works as a Persian rug designer and enjoys painting. She draws inspiration from traditional stories and fables from her culture and enjoys playing with the intersection of the traditional and the modern, and bringing together stories from Australian culture and her heritage. “In my most recent projects,” she says, “I have tried to portray the worlds of old Persian love poems and communicate what may be lost in translation. Instead of words, I have used the international language of shape and colour to present poetry that can exist across cultures.” https://www.mirror.org.au/illustrators/anna-nguyen monthly 0.5 2022-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/b2b6e076-389f-4d44-900f-22b6e146a972/AnnaNguyen_page2.png Illustrators - Anna Nguyen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/09772f3a-ca92-4c9c-95c6-0b0359296f9d/AnnaNguyen_page3.png Illustrators - Anna Nguyen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/2513f5b2-f651-418f-8f3d-c2ef4069a0c6/AnnaNguyen_page5.png Illustrators - Anna Nguyen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/0df59747-80a6-41ea-ad27-d85e979902e6/AnnaNguyen_page6.png Illustrators - Anna Nguyen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/eaa49fa6-336a-49c8-8fd5-49189b102723/AnnaNguyen_page1.png Illustrators - Anna Nguyen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/c7c80700-0157-4d13-877d-de4b37ea1f7e/Anna+Nguyen+Headshot.png Illustrators - Anna Nguyen - Anna Nguyen is a Vietnamese-Australian illustrator and animator from Sydney. She likes to create fun andquirky artworks with a whimsical and nostalgic vibe. Anna graduated from UTS with a Bachelor of Design in Animation Honours, during which time, she co-created a film about Cabramatta and Canley Vale with colleagues. “It was my first time creating media and art from a place that I didn't realize was so important to me and a place that was so integral to my culture,” Anna says. “Creating the film really helped me be more connected with my family and culture, and it has definitely inspired me to create more art about my culture in hopes to make others relate and feel the same way I do. I would love to work towards creating art that resonates with Vietnamese-Australians like me and opens conversations.” https://www.mirror.org.au/illustrators/lima-maula monthly 0.5 2022-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/36521a30-ad85-4877-8940-a4622fa123af/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-10.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/f3cc7f72-762e-451f-b240-42660a639fe4/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-1.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/2584edf3-e3a3-417c-a675-a839dd304da7/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-3.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/ba1db3c1-b9a4-44d9-9390-de9454a660c0/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-4.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/e24012a2-0c88-4395-a157-9a8471893417/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-5.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/ba79270f-35db-4eb3-9f9d-1e882ef0350e/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-6.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/5c8a33b0-99cb-4615-8780-df041ae20f34/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-7.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/8a842d50-16b3-44d9-b961-35a200d539d4/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-8.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/0c6a284a-ba96-4e33-ac66-f546253e9773/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-9.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/cbf5ced8-cde9-434b-912b-712fbeda75fb/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-11.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/68b55586-9dad-4fd3-b3ad-16d6853ebf64/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-12.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/f243265f-77f1-40cc-aeb2-da84d0bc56d6/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-13.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/88dd37f7-2f0c-4201-9c02-7da0688988a2/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-14.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/cc19caea-acfd-4378-b00a-14fbea563d42/Lima+Maula+Illustration+portfolio-31.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/21841178-a843-4054-ad21-30605af8eeb2/hatta.jpeg Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/ad6f24af-216d-477e-9137-12ee7145240d/percik+jiwa+scan.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/4cf6c86f-c8c4-46d2-ba29-c064ec3e541a/6.png Illustrators - Lima Maula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/0fa1ae9f-d955-40fd-8f0e-06cef614e797/AWARD+RECIPIENT+2024-2026.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/aba91c8f-281f-4197-95d9-64f1f5ab6de4/Lima+Maula+Headshot.png Illustrators - Lima Maula - Lia Maula, who otherwise goes by Lima, is an Muslim Indonesian illustrator born and raised in Sydney. After spending the last decade in Indonesia and eventually completing a degree in architecture there, they have just recently returned to Sydney. Lima uses a mix of traditional and digital media to create illustrations that are sombre, wistful and nostalgic. Their current body of work mostly revolves around themes of solitude and searching. Lima's primary interest is illustrating picture books, however as a multidisciplinary artist they have also dabbled in fields such as architecture, mural design, background painting for animation, and hand-lettering. Lima is a Children's Book Academy graduate and scholarship recipient and has experience working with self-published authors, editors, art directors, and agents. Lima was a finalist for the 2022-2023 Mirror Mentorship as well as the a We Need Diverse Books Mentorship Program. “Growing up,” Lima explains, “I've had to move around between countries and cities, and I'd like to cater to an audience with the same experience in hiraeth. Adjusting to new environments as a kid can be difficult and I hope the things I work on can aid them in that experience.” https://www.mirror.org.au/illustrators/erika-zhu monthly 0.5 2022-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/3e430d95-c2a9-4af4-8db3-5758c0b87efe/4.jpg Illustrators - Erika Zhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/4df28a7c-5db9-4135-893e-5e94c5441948/ErikaZhu_Portfolio_2022_2023-9.png Illustrators - Erika Zhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/8612e420-f239-4269-a47f-b6c9c5eb7b05/ErikaZhu_Portfolio_2022_2023-2.png Illustrators - Erika Zhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/86c0ce47-5052-497a-a4a3-87a11c35e4ac/ErikaZhu_Portfolio_2022_2023-3.png Illustrators - Erika Zhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/36b57885-83bc-4a6c-8ebe-b06eb86f2101/ErikaZhu_Portfolio_2022_2023-10.png Illustrators - Erika Zhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/c31ec6f2-18a2-4b31-9957-a93ca204f1e3/ErikaZhu_Portfolio_2022_2023-11.png Illustrators - Erika Zhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/d513231a-ef29-4588-bdac-6e2255c0c5d3/ErikaZhu_Portfolio_2022_2023-4.png Illustrators - Erika Zhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/4c43b2ac-0bc3-49ff-95c0-0259efc3348e/ErikaZhu_Portfolio_2022_2023-5.png Illustrators - Erika Zhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/13d5d238-2519-429b-bc62-05007359db04/ErikaZhu_Portfolio_2022_2023-6.png Illustrators - Erika Zhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/3aae9f41-c51c-49cc-8fd3-c14db6f70f07/ErikaZhu_Portfolio_2022_2023-7.png Illustrators - Erika Zhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/c2d7d8b1-4d82-49d5-91bd-bbd0d7139bdd/PhotoErika.png Illustrators - Erika Zhu - Erika Zhu grew up around the world and constantly moved across Hong Kong, Japan, and Australia. She developed a strong passion for people watching and enjoyed noticing the small idiosyncrasies of the mundane life of people around her. Stylistically, she likes to feature clear and strong compositions, bold silhouettes, and minimalistic but compelling storylines in her work. Put together, she hopes to reflect how even the ordinary can be beautiful and unique. Erika is now based in Sydney, and works primarily in illustration, animation, and photography. Alongside a team of animators, she created stop-motion work for the UTS Data Arena ‘We Went There’, as well as a shortfilm adaptation of ‘Hope is an Inanimate Object’ for Spineless Wonders. Her latest work, ‘Al Nafs’ placed first in a creative collaboration project with Genesis Motors Australia “I grew up in Hong Kong,” Erika explains, “and my first spoken language was Cantonese (and first written language, Chinese). So when my family moved to Australia when I was six, it created a huge impact on my childhood, especially my sense of belonging. I would like to create something that can help change the current landscape of Australian children’s literature - to increase diversity and bring a sense of home and comfort for multilingual children.” https://www.mirror.org.au/illustrators/pei-kwang monthly 0.5 2022-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/c1695062-ec6c-4b78-9703-c59ed04ea482/CNY.jpg Illustrators - Pei Kwang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/f6a4c24f-b91f-4ac5-96cc-6d84ac78a4b5/Hugs.jpg Illustrators - Pei Kwang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/2bd94d97-5394-4cea-8f93-a84239ecbf27/BookWorld.jpg Illustrators - Pei Kwang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/4d1cf35c-e1bf-4133-ae74-c63327360435/Jungle_view.jpg Illustrators - Pei Kwang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/577a8bb8-6bbb-43dd-be4d-8f6197f30c9e/MCA_Zine1.jpg Illustrators - Pei Kwang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/a115e64a-ee1e-4621-a4e3-b7256ed1e34f/MCA_Zine2.jpg Illustrators - Pei Kwang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/3805248c-a479-4452-a80e-8005226e6bbd/Moth.jpg Illustrators - Pei Kwang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/86c82538-2a53-4885-ad82-6db66442025c/Stargazing.jpg Illustrators - Pei Kwang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/88ffccfc-b1ae-482a-b8a7-d413aac11588/Window_Tucan.jpg Illustrators - Pei Kwang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/b8cf1a3a-8126-4f1c-ad6e-0e315699036f/portrait.jpg Illustrators - Pei Kwang - Pei Kwang is a designer and illustrator based in Sydney, who works in both the digital space as well as with traditional mediums such as Posca and Gouache. Pei’s work is rich with detail, colour, texture, and strong narratives. Motivated by a desire for storytelling, Pei's art is filled with characters in whimsical settings. Pei also finds influence from her Malaysian Chinese roots and later upbringing in Australia. “I am particularly passionate about the Cantonese language, as I feel that it isfast becoming a dying language,” she says. “Prior to my design and illustration career, I worked as a Marketing Assistant at an international language school, where I worked closely with Chinese students from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. The experience fuelled my passion for the Chinese language.I want my illustrations to provide a fun experience for young people of Chinese heritage or roots to learn/understand their culture and language.” https://www.mirror.org.au/illustrators/audrey-villafana monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/93d8dec8-5f8f-4423-a45e-47eafb34f339/MM_AudreyVillafana_Illustration_01.png Illustrators - Audrey Villafaña https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/4a0478df-b911-4796-858e-e761eda1634c/MM_AudreyVillafana_Illustration_02.png Illustrators - Audrey Villafaña https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/25e8aecb-0bd3-4900-92d0-9a0668f99a0d/MM_AudreyVillafana_Illustration_03.png Illustrators - Audrey Villafaña https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/03c96903-6134-4894-b635-184c9975bfdd/MM_AudreyVillafana_Illustration_04.png Illustrators - Audrey Villafaña https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/d86b37c3-ca82-4906-93b3-3080daa66211/MM_AudreyVillafana_Illustration_05.png Illustrators - Audrey Villafaña https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/a833f2ea-142c-4ec3-a402-3b99df4a0f08/MM_AudreyVillafana_Illustration_06.png Illustrators - Audrey Villafaña https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/fbaee834-d2c4-49ad-8af4-460093ff4d72/AWARD+RECIPIENT.png Illustrators - Audrey Villafaña - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/f64fa23b-2419-49cf-a87c-fe0b179d3377/Headshot+AudreyVillafan%CC%83a.jpg Illustrators - Audrey Villafaña - Audrey Villafaña is a Filipino-Australian illustrator based in Sydney. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Design (Animation) from the University of Technology Sydney in 2021. Audrey was born in Manila, The Philippines and moved to Australia when she was 5 years old. As a Third Culture Kid, she’s always been drawn to stories about diversity and differences, and is always looking to help kids 'find their place in the world' through her work. Her illustrative style takes a ‘scrapbook’ approach, incorporating hand generated textures, colours and assets to create a playful, tactile feel. Her favourite media to work with include ink, gouache, and watercolour. In addition to illustrating, Audrey is also a Production Coordinator at Flying Bark Productions, working on animated children’s film and TV. “Children’s content is so powerful,” she says. “It has the potential to shape identities and entire childhoods. I’d love for my work to help children of colour feel represented, and know that they too can be main characters.” https://www.mirror.org.au/illustrators/amy-ge monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1656649825374-RXGXPVJWM07MHBCGBZ3X/dragon_011418_altcolour.jpg Illustrators - Amy Ge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/0d09615f-393e-4ebe-9778-2703de921a28/2017_Doors.jpeg Illustrators - Amy Ge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/6b6ee63f-4d00-41da-9036-21fc5621f32b/2018_Binary+%28cover+design%29.jpeg Illustrators - Amy Ge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/83b5e83d-676d-4b4d-b25d-b7604bb3cd72/2019_Selected+page+from+Tippy+Toes+zine.jpeg Illustrators - Amy Ge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/4902b136-93d4-4a97-9b32-41177d55d136/2021_a-tissue%21+a-tissue%21.png Illustrators - Amy Ge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/4b912352-b03d-4b05-b8ee-3070f085b456/2021_Sleepovers.jpg Illustrators - Amy Ge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/c010a28f-2a56-40f2-9276-cefc139a48d3/2022_Big+Cats%2C+Small+Cats%2C+Ships+Cats+%28mural+design%29.jpg Illustrators - Amy Ge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/c2bdc628-4252-46dd-8b96-7c0909335b6c/2021_18.png Illustrators - Amy Ge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/0507214e-6c5b-4e00-8e12-44765f8cd320/2021_The+Horse+is+Slow%21.png Illustrators - Amy Ge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/3c1b39e0-31d4-4075-8a00-e0fa34ed95a5/AWARD+RECIPIENT.png Illustrators - Amy Ge - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/9bf617da-4ddb-462e-bc60-7801cc741e19/headshot+17.jpg Illustrators - Amy Ge - Amy Ge is an emerging Chinese-Australian artist from Noongar country (Perth, Western Australia) currently living and practising on Gadigal land (Sydney, New South Wales). Growing up, she was the short kid in class who loved to draw - and this love of drawing took her all the way across the country to study at UNSW Art & Design, where she graduated with first-class honours in 2019. Her print, illustration and animation work have been exhibited at the National Maritime Museum, Sydney Design Festival, Lane Cove Gallery, UNSW Galleries, Down Under Space, Kudos Gallery and in publications such as Voiceworks Australia. “I have a special interest in exploring how language can both expand and obscure meanings and relations; referencing my own experiences growing up being able to speak, but not read or write, the language of my parents.” https://www.mirror.org.au/authors daily 0.75 2021-04-11 https://www.mirror.org.au/authors/michelle-cheng monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1a9b2283-7998-4dd4-9e85-df0afff79fa5/Michelle+Page+1.png Authors - Michelle Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/6ecf66b1-d408-4f19-b56a-d51af8d4da5c/Michelle+Page2.png Authors - Michelle Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/9e565eec-20a5-4370-b572-53e8a2426c28/Michelle+Page3.png Authors - Michelle Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/9aeac6ce-4999-43e2-b9ce-59c3bf5e9d9e/Michelle+Page+4.png Authors - Michelle Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/de99de97-0aae-4f38-b22b-b7f53131711d/Michelle+Page+5.png Authors - Michelle Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/c2ee5038-593e-469c-b792-6613232e9a0e/Michelle+Page+6.png Authors - Michelle Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/dd4fde26-7346-4fa3-a6c0-36d8bdb7d0e2/Michelle+Page+7.png Authors - Michelle Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/7b8dd5b4-7a11-4bef-87de-020040719032/Michelle+page+8.png Authors - Michelle Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/32745d2d-3f80-40f4-bebe-4ddeb1635e94/Michelle+page+9.png Authors - Michelle Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/e512f5db-5709-475d-a18c-9d9e20bbe4fe/Michelle+Page+10.png Authors - Michelle Cheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/5197327c-80e5-497b-9688-ce18b08e4d62/Commonly___Michelle.jpg Authors - Michelle Cheng - Michelle Cheng is an Australian-born Chinese who diligently followed a predetermined life path of success until one day, she didn’t. Since then, she’s lived in three different continents across six different cities, pursued social-impact missions across three different careers and finally returned home to Australia with a relentless desire to shape the stories we tell our youth. Michelle’s works bring new perspectives to hyphenated identities by building a space of unity through shared values, hopes and dreams of different cultures. She weaves her three languages of Cantonese, Mandarin and English into modern fables that are life-affirming and inspiring to multilingual children and parents alike. https://www.mirror.org.au/authors/aksen-ilhan monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/737e62ed-b9c8-417e-a806-1602b002452d/Aksen+Ilhan+page1.png Authors - Aksen Ilhan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/afa42c16-200c-4077-83fd-e61527b42a33/Aksen+Ilhan+Headshot.JPG Authors - Aksen Ilhan - Aksen Ilhan is a Turkish-Australian teacher and emerging writer. She has been an English teacher working with diverse groups of students and adults for 22 years. She volunteers as the Vice-President of the Muslim Women’s group at the Brunswick Mosque in Victoria. Aksen was the volunteer public relations officer for Meadow Heights’ Mosque female youth group, Sareera. With Sareera she created the first International Hijab Day event in Australia, Street Iftar, and curated a Scarf Art exhibition in the City of Hume. She received training on media relations from Peter Clarke, pioneer of national talkback on radio. Her work was published in VATE, Idiom Journal and Emel magazine, community Turkish newspapers; Yeni Devir and Dunya,and the Guardian. She is the co-founder of The Right Pen Collective who held the first virtual Australian Muslim Writers festival in 2021. She is tri-lingual and enjoys speaking English, Turkish and Arabic. https://www.mirror.org.au/authors/halyna-rys monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/9863c590-23be-4adb-9acb-d6c5e2f5443a/Halyna+Rys+page+1.png Authors - Halyna Rys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/cb821cc9-ec9b-4164-8bec-adcbca321a09/Halyna+page+2.png Authors - Halyna Rys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/bbb269b5-b67c-4f4f-9ea6-53336b5d51b3/Halyna+page+3.png Authors - Halyna Rys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/0afe725c-ebdb-44af-b5ca-210ca7628ca1/Halyna+page4.png Authors - Halyna Rys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/a054a466-9b2e-4548-bd6e-fcb5806b69b5/Halyna_Rys.jpeg Authors - Halyna Rys - Halyna Rys is a writer with four published books for children and youth. Halyna was born in Ukraine.She studied book illustration and literature. For the last 6 years, she has been living in Australia, where she completed a PhD in children’s literature at the University of Tasmania. She is very passionate about children’s literature, and promoting diversity. In her creative fiction, she aims to create bridges between cultures, and strengthen common grounds for mutual understanding. Halyna’s Ukranian background fuels her passion. “Since February 2022,more than 5 million Ukrainian citizens became refugees,” she says. “The majority of them are children and women. Some of them immigrated to Australia. Therefore, there is a need for building an intercultural understanding between Australian and Ukrainian children.” She dreams of creating a picturebook to help build that understanding through children’s stories and illustration. https://www.mirror.org.au/authors/afsaneh-khoramshahi monthly 0.5 2022-07-11 https://www.mirror.org.au/authors/audrey-villafana monthly 0.5 2022-07-11 https://www.mirror.org.au/authors/amy-ge monthly 0.5 2022-07-11 https://www.mirror.org.au/translators daily 0.75 2021-04-11 https://www.mirror.org.au/translators/call-out monthly 0.5 2022-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f97759f7826592c721ccfe5/1657505770880-ZDI3YP9DPQZ4APZ3JEUX/world+languages.jpeg Translators - Translators Wanted - do you work in languages other than english? join our showcase of multilingual talent by submitting your work in our online EOI and you may be showcased here. Our showcase brings together the best of multilingual talent working in children’s literature in Australia and we’d love to hear what languages you have to offer.