Aśka

Aśka is an energetic visual storyteller, an ex-quantum physicist, and a big fan of the little doovalacky above the ‘s’ in her name (which you pronounce ‘Ash-ka’). A hugely engaging and popular presenter, Aśka is passionate about visual literacy. She is interested in writing with pictures and visual narrative structures, through picture books, comics, graphic novels and other visual texts. She has published more than ten books and graphic novels. Her recent titles include the YA graphic novel Stars in Their Eyes, (with Jessica Walton), which is the CBCA Notable Book, shortlisted for the ALIA Graphic as well as the Comic Arts Awards of Australia, and bought by Scholastic US in 2022. Aśka has been a judge for the Make Your Own Storybook Competition six years running, is an organising committee member for the Perth Comic Arts Festival, contributes regularly to The School Magazine, volunteered as Illustrator Coordinator in the WA branch of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators for four years, has single-handedly run an animation festival, once won a grant for a solo art exhibition, and has been featured in an ABC TV documentary.