Here are 5 colouring-in sheets, free to download and use at home and in the classroom.
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How to draw JUNE BUG from Secret Agent Mole
Want to learn how to draw June Bug from my new series, SECRET AGENT MOLE?
Here’s a free tutorial to show you how.
Youl’ll need:
- plain white paper
- lead pencil
- eraser
- sharpener
- coloured pencils (dark green, light green)
- black felt-tipped pen or black texta
Watch the youtube tutorial here.
How to draw HELENA HIPPO from Secret Agent Mole
Want to learn how to draw Helena Hippo from my new series, SECRET AGENT MOLE?
Here’s a free tutorial to show you how.
Youl’ll need:
- plain white paper
- lead pencil
- eraser
- sharpener
- coloured pencils (pink, red or dark red)
- black felt-tipped pen or black texta
The reviews are in for Secret Agent Mole, book 1!
Secret Agent Mole has been out for a month and a half, and I’ve had wonderful feedback from booksellers, colleagues and readers!
Huge thanks to everyone who has grabbed a copy so far, and to all the booksellers who have championed it. It means a lot!
Here are some of the glowing reviews I’ve seen so far.
How to draw MAX from Secret Agent Mole
Want to learn how to draw Max Mole from my new graphic novel series, Secret Agent Mole?
Here’s your chance!
Click below to watch my free tutorial.
You’ll need:
- plain white paper
- lead pencil
- eraser
- sharpener
- coloured pencils (dark blue, light blue, red, black)
- black felt-tipped pen or black texta
FREE online cartooning workshop!
Join me for a FREE online cartooning workshop this school holidays!
Learn how to draw characters from my new graphic novel series, SECRET AGENT MOLE …
PLUS go in the draw to WIN one of 5 signed copies of book 1: Goldfish-Finger!
This is an online workshop and will be held via Zoom. You’ll get the zoom link via email once you register.
Suitable for kids aged 7-10.
DATE: Fri April 21st
TIME:
9am – 10am (WA)
10:30am – 11:30am (NT, SA)
11am – 12pm (NSW, VIC, QLD)
WHERE: online (zoom)
BOOKINGS: Essential! Register here.
See you at the Sydney Writers Festival
Sydney, I’m coming back for the Writers Festival at the end of May!
I’ve got four sessions, all FREE:
FRIDAY 26th MAY
- 10:30am: Secret Agent Mole, Hornsby Library
(bookings essential)
SUNDAY 28th MAY (Family Day)
- 11am: Junior Fiction Spotlight
(with Adrian Beck and Jasmin McGaughey)
- 12:30pm: Storytime Clubhouse
- 3pm: Illustrator Battle
(with Heath McKenzie, Serena Geddes, Charmaine Ledden-Lewis and Adrian Beck)
Head to the Sydney Writers Festival website for more details.
I can’t wait!! See you there.
James’ Big Bookshop Tour
I just got back from an interstate bookshop tour to promote my new graphic novel series, Secret Agent Mole.
I visited 66 bookshops in 3 states in 8 days.
It was ridiculous and busy and a total blast!
After sleeping for three days straight (I wish) I put together this video.
Thanks to all the bookshops that welcomed me and let me sign their copies of Secret Agent Mole. You are all champions! Support local and grab a signed copy from these awesome stores:
Perth, WA
- Paper Bird, Freo
- New Edition, Freo
- Open Book, Mosman Park
- Collins, Cottesloe
- The Lane Bookshop, Claremont
- Dymocks Subiaco
- Boffins, Perth CBD
- Dymocks Hay St, Perth CBD
- Child Education Services, East Perth
- Beaufort Street Books, Mt Lawley
- Diabolik, Mt Hawthorn
- QBD Innaloo
- Dymocks Karrinyup
- Dymocks Garden City
- QBD Carousel
- Crow Books, East Vic Park
- QBD Belmont
- Rabble, Maylands
- Dymocks Morley
- Dymocks Joondalup
- QBD Joondalup
- QBD Whitfords
Melbourne, VIC
- Dymocks Highpoint
- QBD Highpoint
- Younger Sun, Yarraville
- Hill of Content, Melbourne CBD
- Readings Emporium
- QBD Emporium
- Dymocks Collins st (Melbourne CBD)
- Readings Kids, Carlton
- The Little Bookroom, North Fitzroy
- Dymocks Victoria Gardens
- Escape Hatch Books, Kew East
- Readings Hawthorn
- Dymocks Camberwell
- Dymocks Tooroonga
- Avenue Bookstore, Albert Park
- Mary Martin, Port Melbourne
- Readings, St Kilda
- Dymocks Chadstone
- QBD Chadstone
- Readings Malvern
- Jeffrey’s Malvern
- Dymocks Prahran
Sydney, NSW
- The Children’s Bookshop, Erskineville
- Better Read Than Dead, Newtown
- Harry Hartog, Marrickville
- Gleebooks, Dulwich Hill
- Berkelouw Books, Leichhardt
- Hill of Content, Balmain
- Abbey’s Bookshop, Sydney CBD
- Kinokuniya, Sydney
- Dymocks George St (Sydney CBD)
- Ariel Booksellers, Paddington
- Berkelouw Books, Paddington
- QBD, Bondi Junction
- Harry Hartog, Bondi Junction
- Berkelouw Books, Rose Bay
- Potts Point Bookshop
- Gleebooks, Glebe
- Dymocks Warringah
- Harry Hartog, Warringah
- Berkelouw Books, Balgowlah
- Dymocks Neutral Bay
- Constant Reader Kids, Crows Nest
Secret Agent Mole, book 1 is declassified as of today!
My new graphic novel series Secret Agent Mole is finally out in the world as of today! Book 1: Goldfish-Finger is available wherever you get your books, (including the latest Scholastic Australia book club catalogue).
We had the WA launch last weekend at the Perth Festival family day, in the beautiful grounds of the Fremantle Arts Centre. Somehow our venue reached capacity, and we sold a massive stack of signed books! Thanks to everyone who came along. Here’s some pics from the morning.
My wife launched her new book at the festival, too; it’s called Say Hooray and it’s illustrated by Rebecca Mills. Renae and Rebecca and I were gifted with the most incredible hand-painted gingerbread biscuits made by local bookseller Kristy Diffey. Check these out:
They were almost too good to eat … almost. Thanks so much, Kristy!
A huge thanks to the team at Scholastic for making this book with me – thanks Andrew, Sharon, my editor Laura Sieveking and our brilliant designer Hannah Janzen. It’s turned out so great. Now, on to book 2!
Continue reading “Secret Agent Mole, book 1 is declassified as of today!”Three new interviews
Writers Weekend: Drawing on the Imagination
Seesaw Magazine
with Julie Hosking
I chat with Julie about the upcoming Perth Festival Family Day in Freo, a day of sessions with local and Australian authors and illustrators. I also talk about the creative processes behind some of my books.
Secret Agent Mole
reading With a Chance of Tacos podcast
with Ken Williams
Chatting with Ken is always a laugh! We talk about my new graphic novel series Secret Agent Mole – what it’s about, where the ideas came from, and where the series could go in the future.
Animals in Space
What the Duck?! podcast
with Dr Ann Jones
It was a real pleasure to be able to speak with Ann about the research I did for my picture book Stellarphant. I learned so many weird and wonderful stories about the true history of animals in space, and I got to share some of those tales on the podcast.
James Foley 