Comic Con-versation: Read to me

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Read To Me is a live event where artists read diverse Australian comics aloud, with visuals projected.

Ashfield Library

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Read To Me is a live, artist-run event celebrating Australian graphic storytelling. Transforming unexpected venues into intimate stages, it showcases diverse comics and illustrations—autobiography to sci-fi, political cartoons to gag strips—read aloud with projected visuals. This event unites emerging and established artists in a joyful, community-driven celebration of visual storytelling.As part of <a href="https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/comic-con-versation" title="https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/comic-con-versation" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Comic Con-versation 2026</a>.Artist contributions and publications can be reserved in our collection <a href="https://innerwest.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SVL(50585414)" title="https://innerwest.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SVL(50585414)" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.ABOUT THE FACILITATORS:Fionn McCabe is a co-founder and co-producer of Read To Me. They are also a cartoonist, artist, and educator.Meg O’Shea is a comic maker and has exhibited comic, animation and film work internationally. She has been a research assistant at FOLIO.Can Yalcinkaya is a Turkish Australian cartoonist and zine maker and senior lecturer and Macquarie Academy Fellow (Faculty of Arts).<a href="https://Can Yalçınkaya (@ctyalcinkaya) • Instagram photos and videos" title="https://Can Yalçınkaya (@ctyalcinkaya) • Instagram photos and videos" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>Holly O’Neill is an English, Bahrain-born artist trained as reportage illustrator and anthropologist.<a href="https://www.hollyoneil.com/whos-holly" title="https://www.hollyoneil.com/whos-holly" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Artist Website</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hollyohneil/" title="https://www.instagram.com/hollyohneil/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>Lilian Yu Wen Cao is an illustrator, animator and cartoonist living and working on Darug land.Evie Hilliar is a co-producer of Read to Me. They are also an animator and cartoonist. You can also view their work online:<a href="https://www.yeevz.com/aboutevie" title="https://www.yeevz.com/aboutevie" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Artist website</a><a href="https://www.voiceworksmag.com.au/all?tag=Comic" title="https://www.voiceworksmag.com.au/all?tag=Comic" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read online — Voiceworks</a>Venue:Ashfield Library Group study Room Level 2 is accessible via lift and street levels.

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