Love wins 2019 Klaus Flugge Prize
In the UK, Jessica Love has won the £5000 (A$8990) Klaus Flugge Prize for most promising newcomer to children’s picture book illustration for Julian is a Mermaid (Walker Books), reports...
‘Florette’ named on 2018 NYT/NYPL Best Illustrated Children’s Books list
Melbourne-based writer and illustrator Anna Walker's picture book Florette (Viking) has been named as one of the New York Times (NYT)/New York Public Library's (NYPL) best illustrated children's books for 2018....
HarperCollins signs Blackwood in two-book deal
HarperCollins has signed a two-book deal with children's book illustrator Freya Blackwood. The first book in the deal is a yet-to-be-titled picture book about a girl and her pig, due...
Drawing an audience: Australian Children’s Laureate Leigh Hobbs
Children’s author and illustrator Leigh Hobbs has been chosen as the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2016-17. He spoke to Jackie Tang about his plans for his laureateship and his approach...
In the mood: Elise Hurst on ‘Adelaide’s Secret World’
Reviewer Margaret Hamilton has awarded five stars to Elise Hurst’s picture-book Adelaide’s Secret World, the story of a rabbit who yearns to befriend a fox. She spoke to the author.You’ve...
Picture perfect: Meet four picture book illustrators
A desire to create something beautiful, and to experiment with different methods and materials, have informed the careers of Australian picture book illustrators Dub Leffler, Andrew Plant, Marc Martin and...
Pinerolo 2013 illustrators-in-residence announced
Pinerolo, the Children’s Book Cottage in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, has announced its 2013 illustrators-in-residence. The illustrators, who will each undertake a one-week residency at Pinerolo, are: Nette...
Sanders, Flowers shortlisted for AOI Illustration Awards
Australian illustrators Ben Sanders and Tony Flowers have been shortlisted in the children’s book category of the UK-based Association of Illustrators (AOI) Illustration Awards. Sanders has been shortlisted for his book...
ASA Children’s Picture Book Illustrators grants announced
The recipients of the Australian Society of Authors' (ASA) Children's Picture Book Illustrators grants have been announced. Trace Balla and Craig Phillips are both recipients of the Emerging Illustrators grant. Balla and Phillips...