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Sydney Writers (and Secret Agents) Festival

I recently spent a packed couple of days at the Sydney Writers Festival Family Day! Here’s a couple of highlights.

A spy infiltrates the Festival…

As part of a panel on Junior Fiction, Adrian Beck and I had a spy-off. The objective? Blend in and make your way to the stage without being seen, using any means necessary.

This here hombre was served humble pie as his last meal, with bullets for dessert, as I went up against Serena Geddes, Heath McKenzie and Charmaine Ledden-Lewis in an Illustrator Battle. Congrats to Charmaine (AKA Lead-Pencil Lewis) for being the quickest draw in the inner-west. Special thanks to our excellent MC (and chief cat wrangler) Adrian Beck.

James’ Big Bookshop Tour – the sequel

I managed to spend some free time on my recent Sydney trip visiting bookshops with my friend (& carpool bud), author Cristy Burne. We managed to get to 12 bookshops in one day, and I visited 21 in total.

School holiday cartooning workshop (online)

Join me for an online cartooning workshop this school holidays!⁠
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Learn how to draw characters from my new graphic novel series, SECRET AGENT MOLE. (NB: if you did the workshop last holidays, you’ll be learning how to draw all-new characters!).
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PLUS go in the draw to WIN signed sketches from the session! ⁠

Tickets are only $5 per family, and half of all proceeds go to Room to Read – a wonderful international charity that builds libraries and creates books for children in the developing world.
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This is an online workshop and will be held via Zoom. You’ll get the zoom link via email once you register. ⁠
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Suitable for kids aged 7-10. ⁠
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DATE: ⁠Sat July 15th⁠
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TIME: ⁠
9am – 10am (WA) ⁠
10:30am – 11:30am (NT, SA) ⁠
11am – 12pm (AEST)⁠
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WHERE: ⁠online (zoom)⁠
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TICKETS: ⁠$5 per family. ⁠Register here.

Upcoming events, June-Sept

I’ve got some fantastic events coming up:

the Perth Supanova Comic Con;
the Littlescribe Mini-Writing Festival;
storytime workshops at The Lane Bookshop;
an online cartooning workshop; and
three launches for Secret Agent Mole, book 2!

Details below.

June 24-25: Supanova Comic Con, Perth

In a surreal and welcome turn of events, I’ll be a guest author at this year’s Supanova Perth!

Colour-in with Secret Agent Mole!

Here are 5 colouring-in sheets, free to download and use at home and in the classroom.

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.

🌏 *SIGNED COPIES* – PAPER BIRD

🇦🇺 🇳🇿 LOCAL INDIE BOOKSHOPS

Casa Del Libro (Catalan)

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!⁠
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Learn how to draw characters from my new graphic novel series, SECRET AGENT MOLE … ⁠
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PLUS go in the draw to WIN one of 5 signed copies of book 1: Goldfish-Finger! ⁠
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This is an online workshop and will be held via Zoom. You’ll get the zoom link via email once you register. ⁠
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Suitable for kids aged 7-10. ⁠
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DATE: ⁠Fri April 21st⁠
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TIME: ⁠
9am – 10am (WA) ⁠
10:30am – 11:30am (NT, SA) ⁠
11am – 12pm (NSW, VIC, QLD)⁠
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WHERE: ⁠online (zoom)⁠
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BOOKINGS: ⁠Essential! ⁠Register here.