Author Event: Oh Brother by Georgina Chadderton

Join us for a special after school meet and greet event with Georgina (Gina) Chadderton to celebrate Oh Brother, her bright and thoughtful middle-grade graphic memoir. Oh Brother examines the fun and difficult parts of growing up alongside her autistic brother, Rob. Gina will be visiting to chat with young readers and aspiring authors and illustrators, as well as signing copies of her graphic novel!

ABOUT THE BOOK

New house.

New school.

New best friend?

For a nervous kid who doesn’t like change, it’s a lot to deal with.

And that’s before Gina’s brother, Rob, gets involved.

From stealing Gina’s treats to climbing on the neighbours’ garage roof, Rob has a knack for causing chaos. Gina knows he doesn’t mean it, but worries that his quirks might scare off her new friend, Callie. Then again, maybe Gina’s own quirks are enough to drive Callie away!

This heartfelt and irresistible graphic memoir captures the complicated feelings that come from growing up with an autistic sibling who requires substantial support. It’s a story about friendship, family, disability, and the power of Vegemite toast.

ABOUT THE CARTOONIST AND AUTHOR

Georgina Chadderton (she/they) is an awkward yet friendly Australian cartoonist with an undying love of eating snacks, drinking green tea, patting dogs and playing roller derby. Although Georgina has been published all over the globe, Oh Brother is her first full-length graphic novel. When they're not making comics, Georgina co-directs Papercuts Comics Festival, runs comics-making workshops and reads comics by their favourite comics makers (basically, it’s all comics, all the time). Georgina lives on Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide) in South Australia with her partner Owen and their distressingly large collection of books. Find out more at www.georgerexcomics.com