Vikki Conley
2025 Workshop: Playful Platypus Story Time & Craft
Join all the fun, surprise and JOY of Vikki’s splash-tastic river-inspired story time, craft and poetry session featuring her latest book, Where The River Runs Free.
You will…
Dive into the story with movement, sound and wild flying finger puppets.
Meet Platy — the shy but quiz-masterly puppet with river secrets to share.
Volunteer to be a PlatyPal puppeteer to unlock river magic – maybe this could be you!
Learn cool platypus facts and how to protect our rivers.
Make river-inspired collages with nature and water colour.
Add words to a community river poem, pebble by pebble
About Vikki:
Vikki Conley is a multi-award-winning author of 14 children’s books and is well known for creating lively literary experiences for young readers.
Her picture book Where The Lyrebird Lives won the 2023 CBCA Book of the Year, and Amira’s Suitcase and Little Puggle’s Song have received Honour and Notable awards. On The Way To School was shortlisted for the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year.
An intrepid traveller and nature lover, Vikki has visited nearly 30 countries exploring the world’s big adventures and tiny treasures as a journalist and photographer, working with diverse communities in Africa, Asia and Australia.
Her stories connect budding minds to the lives of people and creatures around the globe, inviting children to discover the magic in both the extraordinary and the everyday.
Vikki Conley is a multi-award-winning author of 14 children’s books and is well known for creating lively literary experiences for young readers.
Her picture book Where The Lyrebird Lives won the 2023 CBCA Book of the Year, and Amira’s Suitcase and Little Puggle’s Song have received Honour and Notable awards. On The Way To School was shortlisted for the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year.
An intrepid traveller and nature lover, Vikki has visited nearly 30 countries exploring the world’s big adventures and tiny treasures as a journalist and photographer, working with diverse communities in Africa, Asia and Australia.
Her stories connect budding minds to the lives of people and creatures around the globe, inviting children to discover the magic in both the extraordinary and the everyday.