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More awards
Brilliant brilliant news… The Last Viking has been listed in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards 2012! Notable Book, Picture Book of the Year category, CBCA Awards 2012 Shortlist, Early...
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Interview on 95.3fm, Perth World Radio
Yesterday, Peter Jeffery from 95.3fm interviewed myself and talented fellow Fremantle Press author/illustrator Sean E Avery about making a living as children’s book illustrators. Click below to hear...
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Last Viking flying high
The Last Viking has won the 2012 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators’ (SCBWI) Crystal Kite Award. This is a members’ choice award. Writers and illustrators from each region voting on...
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Prepare your classroom for a Viking invasion
Display by Gidgegannup Primary School students at heARTlines Festival 2011. Teacher: Trevor Dent. It’s August, which means Children’s Book Week is fast approaching. If you’re a teacher, maybe you’d...
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Award-winning Viking display by young berserkers
Norm and I were stunned to see the following Viking-inspired artwork from year 2s at Guildford Grammar in Western Australia. There’s Viking helmets, self-portraits with rune-encoded titles, and...
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Last Viking wins CBCA award (according to Junior Judges)
That’s right- junior judges around Australia voted The Last Viking for winner of Early Childhood Book of the Year 2012. The Junior Judges Project is a free online program offered to schools by the...
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Make-your-own Viking god or goddess
One of the best parts of school visits is seeing the great ideas that schoolkids come up with. Here’s a bunch of viking god and goddesses, designed by students during children’s book week this year....
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The kids’ votes are in – The Last Viking wins the 2012 Hoffman Award!
The Last Viking has won the Hoffman Award in the 2012 West Australian Young Readers’ Awards. The Hoffman is awarded to the highest-ranked book by a West Australian creator (in this case, 2 creators!)....
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Studio Open Day- Sunday Nov 25, 2-5pm
My studio is in a Leederville complex called The Ward, and on Nov 25th we’re having an open day! Come see where I work and what I’m working on next. I’ll have prints from ‘The Last Viking’ for sale...
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Viking longship-builders in Murwillumbah
These incredible longships were handcrafted by Year 4 viklings at St Joseph’s Primary School in Murwillumbah. Their teacher Deborah Walker has put in a huge effort. Thanks for bringing the book to life...
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