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Issue Details:
First known date:
2022...
vol.
37
no.
4
September
2022
of
Magpies : Talking About Books for Children
est. 1986-1995
Magpies : Talking About Books for Children
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* Contents derived from the 2022 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Aleesah Darlison : A Stellar Career - From Planet Earth to Outer Space!,
single work
column
(p. 4-6)
'Where did 12 years go? Surely it's not that long since I first met Pipp the Puggle and his prickly problem in Aleesah Darlison's very first children's picture book Puggle's Problem. I recall Pipp's story to a class for the first time and championing the puggle's need for patience. Soon after, there was Warambi, the story of the destruction of a bent-wing bat colony and the plight of a displaced bat. Bearly There was in between and then an explosion of books to come that cemented the award-winning and internationally published Aleesah Darlison into the fabric of children's literature in Australia.' (Introduction)
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The Surrealist Within : Stephen Michael King,
Joy Lawn
(interviewer),
single work
interview
(p. 12-14)Joy Lawn interviews Stephen Michael King about his picture books.
- Writing The Goodbye Year, single work (p. 16)
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The Crafting of Wanderer with Victor Keleher,
single work
column
(p. 18)'The stories of author Victor Kelleher are always met with anticipation and it was with delight I learned that Victor, after some fifteen years, was returning to the writing of the novel for upper middle-grade readers. Wanderer was inspired by the wilds of the Tasmanian coast and the brilliant and engaging outcome of meticulous crafting and richly-imagined world-building' (Introduction)
- Inside Story : The Wonderful World of Writing, Illustrating and Publishing Children's Books by United Publishers of Armidale Sophie Masson and Kathy Cream Introduce inside Story, single work interview (p. 20-22)
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'Around the World and Wildwood' with Ashleigh Barton,
Joy Lawn
(interviewer),
single work
interview
(p. 24-26)Joy Lawn interviews Ashleigh Barton about her books for children.
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