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Events for May/June (updated)

I already posted about a few upcoming events for May and June, but a whole bunch more came up. May and June is going to be HUGE! Get set for:

  • an online graphic novels workshop
  • an online writers festival
  • a tour of illustrators’ studios
  • a kids’ story writing competition
  • an author talk
  • an online workshop for illustrators
  • a storytelling festival

Details below.

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Stellarphant shortlisted for Picture Book of the Year

I got some fantastic news today.

My latest picture book, Stellarphant, is on the shortlist for the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Picture Book of the Year! ⭐️🐘🚀

Congrats to all the other shortlistees. I’m honoured that my book is in such wonderful company.

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Stellarphant on digital radio + 2 new interviews

Stellarphant is available as an audio reading on the Kinderling app!

Plus interviews on the Reading With a Chance of Tacos podcast and the Fremantle Shipping News.

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My new picture book took 7 years to make

My new picture book Stellarphant is out in November this year. I’ve been working on it since 2014, so it’s been 7 years in the making.

That might not seem like much compared to Jurassic Park‘s ’65 million years in the making’. But it’s still a lot … but I digress.

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I drew the first sketch for what would become Stellarphant on a whim in June 2014. I was sitting with my illustrator buddies in a cottage on Rottnest Island for our annual SCBWI WA Retreat, when I started sketching an elephant and a penguin in spacesuits. No reason why – it just came out on the page. I added some colour and there was the beginnings of a story. The image stayed with me, and I started trying to write something to go with it.

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