September 15, 2011
Interview: nostalgic, hip illustrator Owen Davey
A few weeks ago I found Foxly’s Feast in the picture book section at our local library. Intrigued by the textured illustrations and tasteful colour scheme, I decided to look up its creator. Wow…! … more >
September 6, 2011
Interview with Helen Chamberlin: A quiet voice
Shaun Tan describes her as “wonderful”, Mark Wilson as “brilliant”. Helen Chamberlin’s influence on Australian picture books today, however, is probably best summed up by this quote from the LaTrobe University website: … more >
August 25, 2011
Interview: Joe Blanck, creator of “My Scrapbook”
Joe Blanck has been busy: in those spare moments where he isn’t designing, storyboarding and painting dragons for Dreamworks’ upcoming arena show How to Train Your Dragon, he’s been working flat tack on his upcoming exhibition, My Scrapbook. … more >
August 4, 2011
Interview: Sally Rippin
Sally Rippin has been writing and illustrating books since she was a child. Her second picture book, Fang Fang’s Chinese New Year, won the Children’s Book Council Crichton Award … more >
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