Category: events

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!

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Book launches in Freo & Sydney

The WA launch of Secret Agent Mole isn this Sunday Feb 26 in Freo! Plus I’ve added a Sydney launch on March 9. Details below.

Feb 26 – Secret Agent Mole, Freo book launch (FREE)

Hot on the heels of his multi-award-winning picture book Stellarphant, WA local James Foley is back with a brand-new hilarious graphic novel action series.

Join us at the Perth Festival Family Day in Freo for the laugh-a-minute launch of Secret Agent Mole, book 1: Goldfish-Finger. 

This is a FREE event!

DATE: Sunday Feb 26th, 2023
TIME: 9:30am
VENUE: Fremantle Arts Centre, Upper Lawn, 1 Finnerty St, Fremantle/Walyalup, WA
(NB this is an accessible venue)
AGES: all ages
TICKETS: FREE. You can rock up on the day or pre-register here.

The Perth Festival ‘Family Day in Freo‘ will also feature Craig Silvey, Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Jayden Boundry, Matt Agnew, Renae Hayward, Rebecca Mills, Kelly Canby, Jared Thomas, Campbell Whyte, Sarah Winifred Searle, Cristy Burne and HM Waugh.

March 9 – Secret Agent Mole, Sydney book launch (FREE)

Join me at Gleebooks in Glebe, Sydney on Thursday, 9 March, at 4:30 pm for their first children’s event of the year in their temporary new home. They’re having a big house warming party to welcome you all to their cool new space! We are also partying to celebrate Australian Reading Hour and the release of two new books: Secret Agent Mole by me, and Pearly and Pig and the lost city of Mu Savan by Sue Whiting.

This a free event with snacks, mischief, activities, drawing, prizes and a whole lot of fun with James and Sue. Please RSVP so we can cater accordingly!

DATE: Thursday March 9th, 2023
TIME: 4:30pm
VENUE: Gleebooks, 181a Glebe Point Road, Glebe, NSW 
AGES: all ages
TICKETS: FREE. Please RSVP here.

Come to my book launch in Freo!

My new graphic novel series Secret Agent Mole is released on March 1!

Help me celebrate at a book launch in my hometown of Fremantle. Details below.

(P.S. Sydneysiders and Melburnians, stay tuned for details of events in your necks of the woods).

Hot on the heels of his multi-award-winning picture book Stellarphant, WA local James Foley is back with a brand-new hilarious graphic novel action series.

Join us at the Perth Festival Family Day in Freo for the laugh-a-minute launch of Secret Agent Mole, book 1: Goldfish-Finger.

This is a FREE event!

DATE: Sunday Feb 26th, 2023
TIME: 9:30am
VENUE: Fremantle Arts Centre, Upper Lawn, 1 Finnerty St, Fremantle/Walyalup, WA
(NB this is an accessible venue)
AGES: all ages
TICKETS: FREE. You can rock up on the day or pre-register here.

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Events for Sept/Oct 2022

Spring has sprung, and so have the writers festivals!

The next two months are absolutely chock-a-block with fantastic festival events.

There’s an online workshop for the Brisbane Writer’s Festival, plus in-person events with the Quantum Words Festival, the Scribblers Festival, the Awesome Festival, the Melville Storylines Festival and the Lit Centre’s Celebrate Reading Conference (which may as well be a festival).

I even have an exhibition coming up all about Animals in Space.

Full details below!

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Events for July

NB: Western Australia enters a four day lockdown from 12.01am Tuesday 29 June. Some of the events below may be rescheduled. I’ll update the details as I have them.

James

It’s a super-busy month ahead, featuring a 10th birthday celebration for my first book on July 10!

The Last Viking is 10 years old (already!), so we’re having a Viking Crafternoon to celebrate.

Full details on that and more below.

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