Dear Everyone,
This is my first blog post. I have had lots of things whizzing around in my head as possible blog posts, but of course time has got away from me. I have been scrambling on a steep 21st century learning curve, getting together my new website with all its new stuff, under the guidance of the designer, Fiona Edge … more »
Welcome to the Brag Book. It isn’t quite working exactly as I’d like yet, but you’ll get the general idea. It’s stuff about my work, and about people having things to do with my work. Thanks to everyone who has allowed me to use their photos. There are more to come. If you have a photo you’d like to … more »
There seems to be a bit of a cake theme happening around the green sheep. Mem Fox has sent me photos of a number of Green sheep cakes people have made for her on her birthday when she happens to be somewhere far from home giving a lecture or on a book tour.
Mem and I were sent this fantastic series … more »
Ella’s grandmother sent me this gorgeous photo. ”My daughter gave her niece (and my grand daughter) Ella, a copy of These are my Hands at a zoo twilight concert a fortnight ago.
This photo doesn’t show it but Ella is surrounded by adult aunts, uncles, cousins and grand parents. For the whole evening the focus of her attention was the book … more »
The Story of Growl was launched at the old Books Illustrated with aplomb by the wonderful Julie McCrossin, who got everyone growling. Not just the kids, that’s too easy, but the adults as well. Because afternoon tea features so strongly in the book, I made hundreds of cupcakes for us to eat, iced in different colours. The little monster … more »
The second Green Sheep quilt – made by Berit Verburg–Kjaerstad, Netherlands.
”When I visited my grandchildren in Australia some time ago, we enjoyed your and Mem’s book “Where is the Green Sheep?” together. As I love sheep, I was very happy to find the book in a bookshop so that I could bring it home. I wanted to make a … more »
…is this wonderful new website!
At long last, and after an extraordinary amount of work, both technological and existential, the new Judy Horacek website is off and racing. PHEW!!!
Enormous thanks to the designer, Fiona Edge of Design Edge, and the site builder, Ben Ennis Butler.
Lots of new things and all your old favourites. There’s so much to explore. A few … more »
A new limited edition screenprint, of the cartoon ‘Global Warming‘, is now available. It’s the ‘Your concern about global warming has been placed in a queue’ cartoon that many of you will know. I was initially going to make this screenprint in 2007, but then the Rudd Government was elected in Australia and I held off, because it definitely sounded … more »
The Indigenous Literacy Project 2009 was launched by Therese Rein on 26 May in Sydney. One part of it is the Board Book Project, which will deliver 240 copies of board books to children in the remote aboriginal communities of Wugularr, Wilcannia and Warburton. I’m very proud and pleased to say that Mem Fox and my ‘Where is … more »
‘Lost & Found’ greeting cards
A range of Horacek greeting cards has just been released in the USA and Canada by Sunrise Greetings. It’s very exciting. The range is called ‘Lost & Found’ and the first release features 24 Horacek cartoons. The cards will be available at Barnes & Noble locations. So if you’re in that part … more »
This quilt was made in Australia by Merle Mitchell who gave it to my nephew Oscar. Oscar and the Green sheep were born in the same year.
Not long after I saw this quilt, I received a picture of another Green sheep quilt made by someone on the other side of the world. They are both extraordinary, done with … more »
It’s not exactly the newest of news, but I just wanted to remind people that the wonderful Apostrophe Man has his own Facebook page called ‘Apostrophe Man is my Hero’ created by a fan of his, Sonya Williams. If you want to join the members in their fight against errant punctuation, or at least have a place … more »
Where is the Green Sheep? became a classic almost as soon as it was published. There’s a lovely photo to follow this, sent to me by proud grandmother Louise, but I just have to type enough words so that the more link appears, and you can click on it to see that there’s a photo. I’m sure this can be … more »
Here are photos of two trams I decorated for a Poetry on Trams project, for the Fringe Festival many years ago. We’re talking trams, so we’re talking Melbourne obviously. The idea was based on a poems on public transport project that has been going in London since 1995, although our version was very low budget and low tech. There were … more »
Judy Horacek is an Australian cartoonist, artist, writer and children’s book creator. Her cartoons have been pinned up on doors and walls all over the world. She is also sometimes a visiting artist for school children and an after-dinner speaker for grownups. more »
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