Join award-winning author and educator Ingrid Laguna for World Refugee Day, as she explores themes of empathy, identity, and belonging through her captivating books for young readers, including Songbird, Sunflower, Serenade for a Small Family, and Bailey Finch Takes a Stand.

Ingrid’s powerful storytelling shines a light on the refugee experience, with Songbird following Jamila, a young girl adjusting to life in Australia after fleeing Iraq.

Ingrid’s work has been widely recognized, with Bailey Finch Takes a Stand and Kit and Arlo Find a Way both winning Best Chapter Book and Overall Primary Resource in the Educational Publishing Awards. Her writing has also appeared in The Monthly, The Age, and AEU Magazine.

Free, bookings essential.