APPEARANCES
If you would like Ursula to visit your library, school, festival or other occasion, please email Ursula at ursuladubos@outlook.com or contact Booked Out speakers agency.
Welcome to the world, Ethel the Penguin - out in October 2024! All told in rhyme and wonderfully illustrated by Christopher Nielsen and published by Allen & Unwin.
Please join Chris and Ursula for the Gleebooks launch in Sydney - or at several free storytime-craft events planned across the city. All events suitable for children and adults of all ages!
Sat 19 Oct 10.30am Launch at Gleebooks, Glebe
Sat 26 Oct 11am Better Read Than Dead, Newtown
Sun 17 Nov Lonely Coat bookshop, Gymea
Wed 20 Nov 10.30am Sutherland Library
Sun 24 Nov 11am Stanton Library North Sydney
Wed 4 Dec 10.30am Marrickville Library
Fri 13 Dec 11am Art Gallery of NSW Children’s Library storytime
URSULA WILL BE APPEARING AT THE BOOKAROO CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FESTIVAL IN DELHI IN NOVEMBER 2024
Sunday 10 October 2021
Hobart Writers Festival, Tasmania
PARTIALLY CANCELLED
Ursula will be appearing digitally in one event, a conversation with Mark Macleod at 11.30am, in the John Webb Room, Hadley's Orient Hotel, 34 Murray Street, Hobart. Click here for bookings.
17-19 September
PARTIALLY CANCELLED
Ursula will only be appearing in an online panel on Saturday 18 September. Click here for details.
5-7 September
Melbourne Writers Festival
Ursula’s appearances at both the family day and the schools days have been CANCELLED. Click here for details.
12-17 August 2021
POSTPONED
Laureate Art Exhibition
The Shop Gallery, 112 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
See below for details
CANCELLED
7-10 August 2021
Byron Writers Festival
Byron Bay, New South Wales
Ursula will be appearing in the weekend programme and the school days. Click here for more information.
7-9 July 2021
Australian Association for the Teaching of English/ Australian Literacy Educators’ Association National Conference
Ursula will be speaking online - for details click here.
Wednesday 23 June 2021
4pm
State Library of NSW Young Writers Club
Ursula will be appearing as a special guest at the last meeting of term 2. A great opportunity for writers aged 8-14.
Friday 11 June 2021
10am
Words on the Waves Writers Festival
Umina Beach Surf Life Saving Club, Central Coast NSW
Ursula will be appearing at a literary breakfast even. For details and bookings click here.
Saturday 5 June 2021
Creative Kids Tales Writers Festival
Ursula will be appearing via Zoom - click here for details.
Saturday 29 May 2021
10.30am
Marrickville Library, Sydney
Ursula will be reading “The March of the Ants” at storytime. For bookings click here.
Thursday 20 May 2021
10am
Brisbane Square Library
Ursula will be conducting a writing workshop for adults interested in writing for children. For bookings click here.
Wednesday 19 May 2021
6pm
St Aidan's Anglican Girls School, Ruthven Street, Corinda, Brisbane.
Ursula will be presenting the annual Narelle Oliver Lecture - for bookings click here.
Wednesday 19 May 2021
11am
Brisbane Square Library
Ursula will be reading aloud this year’s choice for the National Simultaneous Storytime.
April 12-13 1991 available for 90 days
Ursula is speaking at this pre-recorded conference.
March 30-May 31 2021
Ursula is speaking in a pre-recorded conference on the Book Week theme for 2021, “Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds.”
Sunday March 21 2021
11am
Zoom session from Readings Books, Melbourne
Ursula will be talking with fellow Children’s Laureate Alison Lester, about Alison’s long and very distinguished career in creating children’s book. Click on image for booking details.
Tuesday 16 March 2021
Ursula will be appearing at the Second Australian Children’s Laureate Summit at Somerset College, Gold Coast - see below for details.
16-20 March 2021
Somerset College, Somerset Drive, Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast
Ursula will be making a number of appearances at the Storyfest. Click here for details.
Saturday 13 March 2021
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
The King's School Parramatta and/or SLANSW Zoom Room
School Library Association of NSW (SLANSW
Ursula will be a keynote speaker at the Laureate and the Literacy Leader: Professional Learning Summit. Bookings essential.
Tuesday 9 March 2021
6pm
The Women’s Club, Sydney
Ursula will be in conversation with Kate Forsyth and Belinda Murrell about their biography, “Searching for Charlotte”, about their great-great-great-great-grandmother, Charlotte Waring Atkinson, the writer of Australia’s first book for children published in 1841. For both online and in person bookings click here.
Saturday/Sunday February 27-28 2021
Adelaide
Adelaide Writers’ Week
Ursula will be reading and talking to children as part of the children’s programme.
Thursday 18 February 2021
4pm
Brimbank Libraries, Melbourne
Ursula will be appearing in an online author talk, reading and talking about The Terrible Plop, illustrated by Andrew Joyner. Click here for details.
Saturday February 6 2020
3.30pm
Gleebooks Kids Club, Gleebooks, Glebe Point Road, Glebe
Ursula Dubosarsky is the first guest author for the year and will be talking about her book Pierre’s Not There, illustrated by Christopher Nielsen. Join in for popcorn and mischief! For Years 3/4. For more information or to book a spot in any of the book clubs email Rachel Rachel@gleebooks.com.au
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2020
Saturday November 27 2020
9.45am
School Library Association of Victoria (SLAV) Virtual Conference - School Libraries: The Power of Reading
Ursula will be speaking on the conference theme, “The Power of Reading”
Wednesday 25 November 2020
Deakin University
Ursula will be launching a Deakin University ARC project, “the most comprehensive study of adolescent reading in Australia. Our aim is to understand how teenagers find the books they want to read.”
Free registration here.
In conjunction with this launch Ursula will be presenting an online masterclass for Deakin children’s literature students.
Tuesday 24 November 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Frankston City Libraries online library event
Bookings essential
Ursula will be in conversation about her new book “Pierre’s Not There”
Friday 20 November 2020
6pm
Dinner at the Farm, Katoomba, NSW
Monday 16 November 2020
Ursula will appear on Storyfest’s Bookmarked@7 program
Thursday, 12 November 2020
12 noon
AISNSW - Association of Independent Schools NSW
Teacher Librarian Virtual Conference 2020 The Next Chapter: The Future of Libraries Webinar
Ursula will be speaking on “The Enchantment of Reading”
Monday November 11 2020
Sydney Opera House
10.30am
Ursula will be taking part in a special children’s events for Australia Reads!
Saturday November 7 2020
3pm
Aerial Function Centre UTS and live streamed
PETAA (Primary English Teaching Association Australia) Leading with Literacy conference 2020: Reading to Write
Ursula Dubosarsky will present a Children’s Laureate Address.
Friday October 23 2020
11.55am
Early Childhoood Australia Virtual Conference - Connect with Stories and Storytelling
Ursula will be speaking on a panel “Storytelling, Literacy and Reading”
Saturday October 17 2020
10.30am - 3.30pm
New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) Armidale, NSW
From the New England Writers’ Centre, a creative community workshop with Ursula, featuring both writing and art, based round Ursula’s book Leaf, Stone, Beetle., illustrated by Gaye Chapman.
Sunday October 11
SCBWI South Australia Professional Day virtual event
Ursula will be in conversation with fellow-author Susanne Gervay
Thursday September 10 2020
3.30pm
Webinar with PETAA Primary English Teaching Association of Australia
A conversation exploring the power of reading in a young person’s life, and the important role teachers can play in inspiring a lifelong love of reading.
Wednesday 9 September 2020
Monday August 24th 2020
Online Literary Festival with the NSW School Magazine
Ursula will be speaking about writing plays.
Friday August 7 2020
10.30am State Library NSW
Ursula will be conducting a virtual excursion to celebrate Education Week! Talking about inspiration and writing and some of her favourite books from childhood.
Monday August 3 2020
3.00pm
Wheeler Centre online event
Ursula Dubosarsky: By the Book. Ursula will be in conversation with two young writers , Caitlin and Yanna from 100 Story Building
Monday 27 July 2020
3.45pm-4.30pm
Wheeler Centre online event
Ursula Dubosarsky: Agents of Choice. At this professional development conversation for secondary-school library staff, Ursula will talk through questions of access and agency
Wednesday May 27
State Library NSW National Simultaneous Storytime
Ursula is reading Lucinda Gifford’s book “Whitney and Brittany Chicken Divas” for the annual National Simultaneous Storytime in the Children’s Library at the State LIbrary of NSW.
Wednesday May 6 - Sunday May 8 2020 CANCELLED
Scribblers Festival, Perth
Ursula will be appearing at this annual festival of literature and arts for young people. Click here for details.
Friday May 1 - Saturday May 2 2020 CANCELLED
Armidale, NSW
Leaf, Stone, Beetle workshop and talk
Leaf, Stone, Beetle is a story of displacement and new beginnings through the accessible medium of an imaginative fable which speaks both to adults and to children. Reader’s Companion bookshop will be hosting a talk with Ursula and publisher and writer Margrete Lamond and there will be a full day workshop at NERAM (New England Regional Art Museum)
Wednesday 22 April 2020 CANCELLED
Five Dock Library, Sydney
Level 1, 4-12 Garfield Street, Five Dock
2 - 3.30pm
Join Ursula for a school holiday writing workshop, for ages 12-18
Free. Click here for bookings.
Wednesday 15 April 2020 TO BE BROADCAST, NO LIVE AUDIENCE
The Sydney Institute
47 Phillip Street (between Bent and Bridge Street), Sydney
5.30 for 6pm
Ursula will be speaking on “Reading and Childhood Education”
For bookings click here.
Friday 3 April 2020 CANCELLED
10.30am-12pm
Lord Mayor’s Writer in Residence Series, Brisbane City Council
Carindale Library, Westfield Carindale, 1151 Creek Road (near Millennium Boulevard), Carindale
“Keeping the story going” writing workshop for young adults and adults.
Free, click here for bookings.
Thursday 2 April 2020 TO BE RESCHEDULED LATER IN YEAR
6:00 - 8:15
Narelle Oliver Lecture, Brisbane
St Aidans Anglican Girls’ School Auditorium
11 Ruthven St, Corinda
This annual lecture is named in memory of Narelle Oliver, to acknowledge her contribution to children’s literature and her work as a founding member of Book Links. The Narelle Oliver Lecture seeks to raise the profile of children’s literature, to stimulate discussion and disseminate the results of current research on children’s literature.
Ursula will be delivering the lecture, “The Library’s Child”
For bookings click here.
CANCELLED
17-20 March Somerset Storyfest CANCELLED
Ursula will be making several appearances throughout this festival. Click here for details.
Wednesday January 8 2020
Marrickville Library
10.30am-12.30pm
Hello Holidays: Writing workshop with Ursula Dubosarsky for ages 12 and up. Free. Book here.
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2019
Wednesday November 13 2019
Shellharbour Library
11.00am
Ursula will be reading at a storytime - click here for details.
Sunday 15 September 2019
Dulwich Hill Village Fair Storytelling Tent by Gleebooks
10.30am
Ursula will be reading from her brand new book illustrated by Andrew Joyner Ask Hercules Quick
Saturday and Sunday 17-18 August
Mudgee Readers’ Festival
Ursula will be appearing at the festival, including a storytime with Kiara Harris at Mudgee Library.
Saturday 10 August 2019
Better Read Than Dead bookstore, Newtown
Storytime for Love Your Bookshop Day
Ursula will be reading to children at 10.30am
Sunday May 5 2019
Sydney Writers’ Festival
Storytime Clubhouse 10am
Ursula will be reading from some of her picture books - free event, all welcome.
Sunday October 7 2018
Canberra
Saturday September 22 2018
Berkelouw Books Leichhardt
2pm
Ursula will be talking with the Year 1/2 Book Club about writing and reading. Click here.
Ursula and illustrator Gaye Chapman will be launching their new book with Dirt Lane Press, "Leaf Stone Beetle" at the Children's Bookshop in Beecroft.
Saturday August 25 2018
10am-4pm
391 Wedderburn Road, Campbelltown Writers’ Retreat at Wedderburn
Ursula and Tohby Riddle will be holding a writing and illustrating workshop for children ages 8-12. For information and bookings click here.
Saturday August 18 2018
Tradies Gymea, 57 Manchester Road, North Gymea.
Ursula will be appearing at the Writers Unleashed festival. For more information and bookings click here.
Friday 17 August 2018
Wednesday 15 August 2018
Orange City Library 147 Byng Street, Orange
5.30pm
Ursula will be talking about her new book "Leaf Stone Beetle", published by Dirt Lane Press and illustrated by Gaye Chapman. For more information click here.
Wednesday 15 August 2018
Forbes Library 2 Victoria Lane, Forbes
10.30am
Ursula will be talking about her new book "Leaf Stone Beetle", published by Dirt Lane Press and illustrated by Gaye Chapman For more information click here.
Saturday 11 August 2018
Ursula's new book Leaf Stone Beetle", published by Dirt Lane Press and illustrated by Gaye Chapman will be launched by Mark Macleod at Botanica Flora in Orange.
Tuesday July 17 2018
Ursula will be conducting a writing masterclass for school-aged writers at Stanton Library, North Sydney. For more information click here.
Thursday 10 May 2018
3-4 May 2018
Jewish Book Week, Melbourne
Ursula will be speaking in schools about her novel "The Blue Cat". For details click here.
8-11 March 2018
New Zealand Writers and Readers Festival
Wellington, New Zealand
Ursula will be appearing in several events - click here.
2018
Thursday 7 December 2017
5.30 pm – 7.30 pm
Allen & Unwin
83 Alexander Lane, Crows Nest
Ursula will be in conversation with the Australian Children's Laureate, Leigh Hobbs. Click here for bookings.
Tuesday 26 November - Friday 1 Dec 2017
Ursula will be travelling around Sydney with Russ the Story Bus, as part of the Sydney Writers Festival Children's Festival of Moving Stories.
Monday 30 October 2017
Cliff Noble Community Centre, Corner Renwick and Suttor Streets , Alexandria
10.30am
Ursula will be reading aloud to children and grandparents for Grandparents' Day. All welcome.
Monday 23 - Friday 27 October 2017
Ursula will be appearing at the Sydney Writers Festival Children's Festival of Moving Stories, giving a combination of author talks and workshops for primary school children in western Sydney. Click here for details.
Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 September 2017
Ursula will be appearing at the Write Around the Murray Festival Schools Days. Click here for details.
Saturday 29 July 2017 - Sunday 30 July 2017
Rouse Hill Sydney Living Museums Family Fair
10am–4pm
Ursula will be storytelling throughout the weekend, talking about "Abyssinia" her novel which was inspired by dolls' house and the children of Rouse Hill, and reading "Too Many Elephants In This House". Click here for details and bookings.
Friday 26 May 2017
The Little Bookroom, Melbourne
10.30am
759 Nicholson Street Carlton North
Ursula will be reading her new picture book aloud for young children. For bookings click here.
Thursday 25 May 2017
Readings bookshop, Melbourne
The Children's Bookshop
6 Hannah Street, Beecroft, NSW, 2119
Storytime 10-15am
Ursula will be reading "One Little Goat" RSVP
Saturday 19 November 2016
State Conference English Teachers' Association (NSW)
University of New South Wales, Kensington
9.30am
Ursula will take part in a panel on "The Impact of Reading on Writers' Writing" Chair: Judith Ridge Panel: Queenie Chan, Ursula Dubosarsky and James Roy. Click here for full programme
Thursday 17 November 2016
6pm Balmain Library courtyard
Ursula will be launching "A Toy Christmas" an anthology edited by Sophie Masson
Saturday 12 November 2016
Faber Writing Academy, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest
Ursula will be a guest speaker at "Getting Published as a Writer For Children"
Saturday 5 November 2016
Canberra, Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)
Workshop and Literary Dinner
Ursula will conduct a creative writing workshop for teacahers in the morning, and speak at a dinner at the Hyatt Hotel the same evening. Click here for details.
Sunday 16 October 2016
Kiama Readers' Festival
10am-1pm
Kiama Library, 7 Railway Parade, Kiama
Ursula will be reading to children at the inaugural Kiama Readers' Festival.
Wednesday 12 October 2016
Concord Library 60 Flavelle Street, Concord.
10.30am-11.30am
Ursula will be reading aloud to help celebrate Grandparents' Day at Concord Library.
Enjoy stories and morning tea with Nanna and Grandad, Nonna and Nonno, Grandma and Poppy. For more information please email Council's Children's Librarian or ring 9911 6348
August 18-21 2016
Auckland New Zealand
35th IBBY International Congress
Ursula will be appearing at this conference as a Hans Christian Andersen award nominee for 2016
Tuesday August 2 2016
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
School Magazine Centenary Celebrations
Ursula will be running a writing workshop as part of the 100 anniversary celebrations for the NSW School Magazine. Ursula is one of the magazine's Centenary Ambassadors.
Sunday July 24 2016
10.30am-3.30pm
Sydney Living Museums Toy Festival
Rouse Hill
Ursula will be reading from her novel, "Abyssinia", at the Sydney Living Museums Toy Festival at Rouse Hill. The novel won the Adelaide Festival Award for Literature, and is a ghost story based on the childhood writings of Kathleen and Nina Rouse, especially about their many dolls.
Tuesday 24 May 2016
Kurri Kurri Bowling Club
6pm
WHY DO CHILDREN WANT TO READ?
(...AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP)
Ursula will be a guest speaker at a fundraising dinner for the local pre-school. For bookings click here
Saturday 2 April 2016
International Children’s Book Day
ONCE UPON A TIME: A Celebration of 50 Years of IBBY Australia
Australia’s nominees for 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Awards:
Ursula Dubosarsky in conversation with Dr Robyn Sheahan-Bright
Including gourmet lunch
Bookings click here
2015 ARCHIVED
Sunday March 22 2015
Melbourne, The Wheeler Centre and the State Library of Victoria
Children's Book Festival
Ursula and illustrator Andrew Joyner will be running a workshop together for children, "Draw a Story, Write a Picture"
Saturday April 25 2015
Anzac Day
Bigge Park, Liverpool
Liverpool Anzac Centenary Commemoration Event
Ursula will be reading from two of her Anzac-themed stories, Tibby's Leaf and Little Wars.
Saturday July 25 2015
10.30AM–3.30PM
Sunday July 26 2015
10.30AM–3.30PM
ROUSE HILL HOUSE & FARM
356 ANNANGROVE ROAD, ROUSE HILL, NSW 2155
FREE
Ursula will be reading from her novel, "Abyssinia", at the Sydney Living Museums Toy Festival.
2014 ARCHIVED
February 19-23 2014
Perth
Ursula will be appearing at the Perth Writers' Festival
Sunday March 23 2014
Melbourne
Ursula will be appearing at the Children's Book Festival held at the State Library of Victoria and the Wheeler Centre
April/May 2014
Canberra
Ursula will be supported by a May Gibbs Creative Time Fellowship
Saturday May 3 2014
Armidale Library 11 am
Ursula will be speaking at Armidale Library in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the New England sub-branch of the Children's Book Council
May 19-25 2014
Sydney
Ursula will be appearing with illustrator Andrew Joyner at the Sydney Writers Festival
Monday May 19 2014
Parramatta Library
1.30-2.30
Ursula and illustrator Andrew Joyner will be presenting "Too Many Elephants In This House" . Bookings essential - click
Wednesday May 21 2014 11am
Nationwide
Ursula and Andrew Joyner's book "Too Many Elephants In This House" will be read aloud simultaneously all over the country in the National Simultaneous Storytime
Ursula and Andrew will be reading the story in person at 11am at the City of Sydney Library Customs House.
May 20-24 2014
Sydney
National Institute of Dramatic Art
NIDA presents a stage version of "Too Many Elephants In This House". Ursula and illustrator Andrew Joyner will be attending some performances and be available for booksigning. Bookings here.
Saturday August 92014
National Bookshop Day
The Children's Bookshop
6 Hannah Street, Beecroft
Ursula will be there with several other authors and illustrators.
Thursday 21 August 2014
6:00 PM
Book launch "Two Tales of Twins from Ancient Greece and Rome"
Leichhardt Library
Piazza Level -Italian Forum, 23 Norton St
Leichhardt , Sydney
Sophie Masson will be launching the Christmas Press's 'Two Tales of Twins from Ancient Greece and Rome' - retold by Ursula Dubosarsky and illustrated by David Allan. Come along and meet Ursula and David. Free event.
Bookings required - 9367 9266.
August 27-28 2014
Melbourne
Ursula will be appearing at the Melbourne Writers Festival
September 10-20 2014
Berlin
Ursula will be appearing at the Berlin International Literature Festival
Sunday 19 October 2014
2.00-4.30pm
Mid Mountains Community Centre, 9 New Street, Lawson
Ursula will be at the Westwords Blue Mountains "Spring into Stories" family day. Details here.
Wednesday 12 November 2014
Ursula will be at the KOALA Awards Day at Newington College, Stanmore.
Thursday 13 November 2014
4.30pm
The Children's Bookshop 6 Hannah Street Beecroft
Free but RSVP staff@thechildrensbookshop.com.au, 9481 8811
Ursula will be reading her new rhyming picture book, illustrated by Andrew Joyner, about twin koalas, "Tim and Ed"
Friday 14 November 2014
6pm
Balmain Library
Free event but bookings essential
Ursula will help celebrate the publication of the annual "Once Upon a Christmas" - with readings, music and light refreshments. Click here for more information.
Monday 17 November 2014
Book launch "Tim and Ed"
1.10 pm Grays Point Public School
Join Ursula at the Sutherland Shire Writers' Festival Children's Day for the launch of her new picture book, illustrated by Andrew Joyner.
Monday 24 November 2014
Double Bay Library
Storytime 10.30am
Ursula will be reading "Tim and Ed"
Tuesday 25 November 2014
Watsons Bay Library
Storytime 10.30am
Ursula will be reading "Tim and Ed"
Friday 28 November 2014
Paddington Library
Storytime 10.30am
Ursula will be reading "Tim and Ed"
Saturday 6 December 2014
Children's Bookshop, 6 Hannah Street, Beecroft
1.30pm
Free but RSVP staff@thechildrensbookshop.com.au, 9481 8811
Ursula will help celebrate the publication of the annual "Once Upon a Christmas" - with a program of readings and carols.
2013 ARCHIVED
During 2013, Ursula is North Sydney Council's Writer-In-Residence at the Don Bank Museum.
March 23-24 2013
Bellingen, New South Wales
Ursula will be appearing at the BELLINGEN READERS' AND WRITERS' FESTIVAL
April 17 2013
Stanton Library, North Sydney
10-11.30 am Ages 8 and up
Ursula will be running a creative writing workshop - click here for details and here for bookings.
April 19 2013
Lane Cove Plaza Burns Bay Road Lane Cove
11.00am -12.00 All ages - school holiday activity
Ursula will be reading her picture books - for more information click here
May 6-7 2013
State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street, Sydney.
Children's Book Council of Australia (NSW Branch) Teen Writing Masterclasses
Ursula will be presenting two days of writing Masterclasses for senior school students. Click here for booking details.
May 8 2013
The Children's Bookshop, Beecroft, NSW
4.30 pm
Ursula will join illustrator extraordinaire Terry Denton to celebrate the start of a new series of books they are doing together about a pair of guinea pig detectives in Buenos Aires - The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta).
May 20 2013
Auburn Library, NSW
Writing Workshop for teenagers
4-5.30 pm Free, bookings essential
Ursula will be conducting a writing workshop for local high school students - click here for more information.
July 12 2013
Gibraltar Hotel, Bowral, NSW
Ursula will be appearing at the SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS WRITERS' FESTIVAL
Tuesday August 27 2013
Stanton Library, North Sydney
4.30-5.30pm All ages
Ursula and illustrator Andrew Joyner will be reading to children and discussing their collaborations - Too Many Elephants In This House and The Terrible Plop. Feel free to bring a book along to be signed. Books will also be for sale.
Saturday October 26 2013
North Sydney Children's Festival
10 am - 2pm All ages Free
Civic Park 200 Miller Street North Sydney
Ursula will be holding storytime sessions with craft for pre-schoolers at the Stanton Library stall