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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

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)⁠
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12:30pm: Storytime Clubhouse⁠
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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.

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.

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!

How to draw Stella from Stellarphant

Here’s a free drawing tutorial, showing you how to draw Stella the elephant from my picture book, Stellarphant.

Feel free to share and use in the classroom!

Free Stellarphant teacher resources

Teachers, I’ve got you covered!

There are a HEAP of freebies on the Stellarphant Teacher Resource page on my website.

There are teaching notes available, as well as free videos, craft activities, a word search, a spot the difference, and colouring sheets – all bound to keep your students busy.

Head to my website to download the resources now.