November 9th, 2009 | Posted in: Blog Category I
Wow: I’ve just finished the illustrations of my fourth book. The title should be “The Family Forest”, the author is Kim Kane and the publisher is Hardie Grant Egmont, the same of my first two books from the series “When No-One Is Looking”.
Here there are some early sketches I did [...]
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October 1st, 2009 | Posted in: Blog Category I
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) organizes an annual charity art auction, called Art for Sharks and Big Marine Parks. This year’s proceeds are going specifically towards protecting the Coral Sea, a tropical jewel to Australia’s northeast.
Thanks to my friend Nikky I was one of the artists and I’m [...]
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September 13th, 2009 | Posted in: Blog Category I
Last weekend I was invited to give a speech at the Ipswich Festival of Children’s Literature 2009.
This is a biennial festival organised by the Ipswich District Teacher-Librarian Network. The Festival has a mid-week programme designed for students, while the weekend programme is aimed at adults and young adults. [...]
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