My Brother Ben

Peter Carnavas is the award-winning Australian author and illustrator of more than 20 children’s books. He won the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kite Award for his picture book Blue Whale Blues, and an Australian Book Industry Award for My Sister is a Superhero. His children’s novels include Leo and Ralph; The Elephant; and My Brother Ben. His books have been published widely across the world and have won many awards, including a Queensland Literary Award and the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Carnavas lives in the Sunshine Coast hinterland with his wife and children.

Jesse Vasiliadis is an Australian actor who received his training at WAAPA. Previous credits include WAAPA productions of King Lear, Samovila, Much Ado About Nothing and Wise Children, and short films Bi Bi Baby and Lens and Story. Jesse’s love of narrating and storytelling stems from a fascination with the human voice and its incredible versatility; allowing our imaginations to take us anywhere through its instrument-like nuance and precision.