The Small Things

Lisa Thompson is a children’s novelist born in Essex, UK. Her debut novel, The Goldfish Boy, was published in the UK and North America in 2017 and went on to become a bestseller. The Goldfish Boy was nominated for numerous awards including the Carnegie Medal, The Branford Boase Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and was given a starred review by Kirkus Reviews. Thompson has gone on to write more bestselling novels, including two more featuring the Goldfish Boy characters (The Magpie Riddle and The Skeleton Puzzle) as well as The Light Jar, The Day I Was Erased and The Boy Who Fooled The World. A novella, Owen and the Soldier, was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards.

Myfanwy Hocking is a writer, actor and theatre maker working in Melbourne. In 2020, she co-founded Breath and Bones Theatre Co, where she wrote and performed in F*CKED and performed in Dennis Kelly’s DNA. She loves making pretty queer theatre that usually has a dance scene.