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And another advance

Posted on: January 31, 2012

Also received last week, an advance copy of the very lovely The Night Before Mother’s Day, which is a poem by Doug MacLeod illustrated by me.  As the title suggests, it’s about a woman lying in bed dreading the onslaught of Mother’s Day. It’s a beautiful little book, and it’s only going to cost $9.95 or thereabouts, so it’s almost … more »

Viva the flip book!

Posted on: January 31, 2012

 

I received an advance copy of this wonderful book this week – it’s These are My Hands back to back with These are My Feet (or vice versa), previously published as separate volumes by Penguin.  This version is published by the National Library of Australia.  It’s completely gorgeous – the most tactile book I’ve ever done.  It’ll be in the … more »

Face in a bucket

Posted on: November 23, 2011

Here is a face of suds I found in a bucket.  It was just floating there, I didn’t manipulate it at all.  It made me laugh.

Think of the penguins

Posted on: September 27, 2011

Just launched – a greeting card of my Hysterical Penguins cartoon. One of those cartoons that is funny but also not funny.  It should be in bookshops and other places that sell my cards very soon – ask your local!  (n.b. I’m always happy to send catalogues to new shops that might want to stock my cards, just let me … more »

How diverse is your biblio?

Posted on: September 21, 2011

Today – 21 September – is International Day of Bibliodiversity, a time to celebrate independent publishing and books of all ilk (and I’m always up for celebrating books!).  The day is an initiative of the International Alliance of Independent Publishers, those wonderful and special people who keep us diverse and heteroknowledgeable.  Here’s their website for more information, http://www.alliance-editeurs.org/?lang=en I was … more »

Locum Cartoonist!

Posted on: July 8, 2011

What a lark – I’ve had two days work being an Editorial Cartoonist in The Age, filling in for someone on holidays. (The Age is Melbourne’s daily broadsheet newspaper, for those of you elsewhere). Next week I’m filling in for another holidaying cartoonist, so I’ll be in the paper on Wednesday and Friday. Doing the daily editorial cartoon is … more »

Let’s talk cartoons

Posted on: April 18, 2011

A cartooning panel to end all cartooning panels – Sunday 1st May at 3 pm at the Williamstown Literary Festival.  Chaired by Russ Radcliffe (cartoon book editor extraordinaire), it features First Dog on Moon (Crikey) and Mark Knight (Herald Sun) and me, Judy Horacek (freelance).

Festival of Children’s Lit: Sunday April 3

Posted on: March 28, 2011

Come see me talk about my children’s books Sunday April 3, at 11.30. It’s part of the Melbourne Children’s Literature Festival being organised by the State Library of Victoria & the Wheeler Centre.  Sunday is Family Day with loads of events – storytelling, theatre, talks, exhibitions, workshops, signings.  Something for everyone & it’s all FREE!  I’ll be ‘In Conversation’ on … more »

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