Unmasking the Wild Updates
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All about the Children
IBBY’s creed is that every child, rich or poor, safe or in danger, with a home or without, has the right to become a reader, according to dedicated President of the Australian Branch of the International organisation, Dr Robin Morrow. “IBBY Australia continues to support the Children in Crisis Fund,’ she said. When I asked for some […]
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The Artful Anne Spudvilas
Since it is my birthday today, (and I am sick dammit) I am giving myself the treat of posting a little article about a painting Anne did for the Doug Moran Portrait prize of me and my daughter, Adelaide. That is, Adelaidethegirl who created the Dreamscape CD. When Anne asked me to sit, I said […]
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Reasons NOT to bid on a mask
1. Because I don’t see any point in helping raise money for kids I don’t know, especially when some of them live in other countries than Australia. I only care about kids I know in Australia. 2. I don’t have any kids so I am indifferent to their welfare. 3. Because there is no reason to raise […]
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A Smile at Arm’s Length.
Call into the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre to visit the masks before the exhibition is dismantled, and see this once only exhibition of mask art, for the love of bears and children in crisis. Visit on Thursday the 9th of June, and you can ascend to The High Ground for the launch of the […]
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Bear Dreams
My interest in the bile bear sanctuary dates back to a link sent to by award winning young writer (https://fieldofwords.com.au/comp-finalists/)and human rights activist, Fernanda Dahlstrom, whom I have known since she was a teenager. She knew of my interest in animal rights and sent the link, which filled me with more sorrow and despair than […]
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Ice in her veins
Coral Tulloch first started working in Children’s Literature, creating a syndicated children’s page that appeared in newspapers throughout Australia and overseas for twenty years. Hand lettered and illustrated, full of information, fiction and activities, Coral said she struggled from the first page with lots of mistakes, learning the rules, visual and literal as she went along! […]
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Reasons to Bid on A Mask Pt ONE
1.Because bidding allows you to donate some money to the Children in Crisis Fund which sends books to kids with nothing left- imagine that was your child, or you, with everything lost and not even a book to lose yourself in? 2. Because some of the money goes to look after the bears given sanctuary […]
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Peter Carnavas wins the Crystal Kite award!
After being a finalist three years running, mask maker Peter Carnavas just WON the coveted Crystal Kite Award for Blue Whale Blues! The award is given by the Society Of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators , and Peter shares it with Frane Lessac for A IS FOR AUSTRALIA. Both will receive this prestigious award chosen by their peers; […]
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2015 Children’s Laureate Alison Lester and Anna Walker shortlisted for Early Readers Book of the Year.
Mask makers Alison Lester, and Anna Walker were among those wonderful creators named on the CBC shortlist for the 2016 Book of The Year awards last week. Below, Anna is pictured demonstrating her meticulous work to a rapt audience last year at the Celebrate Reading Conference at the Fremantle Literature Centre. Anna was shortlisted for her book […]
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Mask Makers dominate the Children’s Book Council Shortlist!
Yesterday the Children’s Book Council announced its eagerly awaited shortlist for 2016, and to my delight, for them, many of the mask makers with a book or two in the running are on the list for Book of the Year! The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) is a not for profit, volunteer run organisation […]
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