Introducing…my first Comic Book – with REDRESS, Hong Kong’s amazing environmental charity!
February 16, 2022 at 9:00 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: books about environment and sustainability, Charity, Environment and Conservation Fund, Environmental Campaign Committee, Kathryn Mann, Recycling, REDRESS, Yoyo and the World's Coolest T-Shirt
I am hugely proud to announce the release of this funny, educational new comic book, which I was invited to write by REDRESS, a fantastic Hong Kong-based environmental charity!
Yoyo and the World’s Coolest T-shirt aims to teach Hong Kong children aged 8 – 10 years about how they can share, repair and repurpose their old clothes to help save the planet. The comic is bilingual in English and Traditional Chinese and is illustrated by acclaimed Australian cartoonist Kathryn Mann.
The project was funded by the HK Government’s Environment and Conservation Fund and Environmental Campaign Committee, so REDRESS is able to donate FREE hardcover copies of this educational comic to primary schools, kindergartens and other student organisations and charitable organisations across Hong Kong!
If you know a school or organisation that might be interested, please ask them to contact REDRESS here.
Huge thanks to the fabulous team at REDRESS – Corane Chu, Charly Cheung, Lauren Boucher and Gwendoline Venn – it’s been a blast working with you! And to Kathryn Mann for her FANTASTIC illustrations! And of course thanks to the ECF and ECC for funding this extremely worthwhile project.
Make sure to register for the upcoming English language launch event – see my next post :)!
Storm Whale goes into soft cover!
July 29, 2019 at 2:26 pm | Posted in Awards, Book Awards, Buying my books, Kate Greenaway Medal, Online Sales, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2018, Queensland Literary Awards 2018, Storm Whale | Leave a commentTags: Books about childhood, books about environment and sustainability, Books about Tasmania, Books about whales
Hooray! You can now purchase Storm Whale, my story about 3 children who try to save a beached whale, in soft cover! Here is the link to publisher Allen and Unwin’s online sales site, and here is their information:
The highly acclaimed and beautifully illustrated book about three sisters who find a stranded whale on the beach.
When I and my sisters walked to town …
So begins the tale of three sisters who find a whale stranded on a windswept beach and try to save it.
‘A story of the sea and the possibilities of interactions between humans and other creatures … a story of human kindness and hope’ – Magpies
Shortlisted Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Children’s Book of the Year, 2018
Shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards, Children’s Book Award, 2018
Nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal (UK), 2018
So if you don’t have your copy yet, now it’s a little bit cheaper – but still a very beautiful book for your bookshelf!
Wow! Storm Whale is nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 in the UK!
November 7, 2017 at 9:01 am | Posted in Book Awards, Buying my books, Storm Whale | Leave a commentTags: books about environment and sustainability, Books about whales, Jane Tanner, Kate Greenaway Medal 2018, Old Barn Books, Storm Whale
I’m so thrilled! Storm Whale has been nominated for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 in the UK! Our beautiful book was released by Old Barn Books in the UK in August and since then has received many wonderful reviews there. Last night I was advised that Jane Tanner’s exquisite illustrations have been nominated for this major award! Here’s just a taste above! Now we have to wait till February 2018 to find out if the book will be long-listed, March for the Shortlist and June for the finalists! I’ll keep you informed! And if you want to buy your own copy, you can order it from your local bookshop now, or here (UK) and here (Australia).
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