Stellarphant – James Foley

Five interviews in ten days

As part of the promo for my new book Stellarphant , I’ve had five interviews in ten days. One was a blog, one was a podcast, two were on radio and one was live on facebook.

You can watch, read and listen via the links below.

INTERVIEW:
ABC Radio Perth, Saturday Breakfast
The Picture book that is going gangbusters
with Roanna Edwards & Molly Schmidt

INTERVIEW:
Alphabet Soup
James Foley on Stellarphant
with Rebecca Newman

INTERVIEW:

Helen Milroy Presents …
with Helen Milroy

Join us for this 35min interview where we discuss the pros and cons of being a writer/ illustrator; self-care for writers; and whether or not you should quit the day job and write a children’s book.

INTERVIEW:

RTR FM
with Fiona Bartholomaeus

Fiona and I talk all things Stellarphant in this 10min interview.

INTERVIEW:
Better Reading Kids Live!
with the inimitable Adrian Beck

A hilarious 40min video chat, including a quiz and a behind-the-scenes look at Stellarphant.

My new picture book Stellarphant is available now in Australia and New Zealand!
It’s available in the USA from January 1st.

Buy it now:

… or grab a copy from your local bookshop.

The Stellarphant book launch was out of this world

The Stellarphant book launch was out of this world.
What a blast!
We almost ran outer space.
It all turned out fine, though, the trick to a good launch is to really thoroughly planet.

Stellarphant lifts off today

It’s finally out in the world!

My new picture book Stellarphant is officially available in bookshops and online from today.

Here’s some of the illustrations …

Events for Oct/Nov – including the Stellarphant book launch

There’s an awesome live event on October 2nd;
a free online drawing workshop this October 16th;
plus the Stellarphant book launch on November 6th!

Details below.

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.

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.