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(Left) Ursula Dubosarsky, Ruth Starke and Mark Carthew at the Speech Pathology Book of Year Awards, Canberra. (Right) Marks reads from The Gobbling Tree…

The Gobbling Tree

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The Gobbling Tree wins the 2009 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards! Details..
Machino Supremo! - Front Cover

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Machino Supremo! Poems about machines by Janeen Brian & Mark Carthew, illustrated John Veeken (Celapene Press) - NOW AVAILABLE!

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Mark and Janeen Brian sing Spare Parts from Machino Supremo! at the Toolangi CJ Dennis Festival


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can You Keep a Secret? Timeless rhymes to share and treasure…  

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Can You Keep a Secret? is a CBCA Early Childhood Notable Book 2009 and is now also available with a bonus FREE music CD of timeless songs to share and treasure! Be quick! *** Click here for the special ORDER form ***
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Last year was an exciting year with numerous schools visits across Australia & presentations at the New Zealand Reading Association Bridges to Literacy Conference in Hamilton NZ , All Saints Literature Festival in WA, Voices on the Range Festival, All Saints Livewire Festival Qld and The Melbourne Writers Festival, 2008 Christchurch Writer’s Festival NZ & Te Tai Tamariki Children's Literature Trust’s School Programs.

Wicked Wizards & Leaping Lizards and Five Little Owls were both shortlisted in the 2008 Speech Pathology Australia Book Awards. The Gobbling Tree and Can You Keep a Secret? Timeless Rhymes to Share and Treasure were both released and I’ve just finished a music CD to go with Can You Keep a Secret? recorded at Highway 9 Productions, featuring wonderful musician & singer Michelle Meehan.

Upcoming events…

2009

June 27th 2009: Early Childhood Teachers Association (ECTA) Conference, Qld

June 28th – Mark’s and Gardner Gallery @ Secret Garden, Tamborine Mountain, Qld - Can You Keep a Secret? Book & CD celebration. 2.00pm. Click for details.

July – Dec 2009 (Terms 3 & 4) Exhibition of original art & sketches from Newts, Lutes and Bandicoots by Mark Carthew, illustrated by Mike Spoor published by Scholastic Press, at Dromkeen Museum and Gallery, Riddles Creek, Victoria.

July 17th : (P.A.C.K.T.A.) Peninsula and Chelsea Kindergarten Teachers Association Conference,  Monash University, Frankston Campus.

July 27- 31st: Berwick P.S. Author-In-Residence.

August 21st: Mark & Mike Spoor (UK) “Words & Pictures” Seminar @ Dromkeen NationalCentre for Picture Book Art, Riddles Creek, Victoria. Click here for booking details & form.

August 22 -28th: Children’s Book Week (various events)

Aug 31st – Sept 8th: Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network - Literature Festival, Ipswich, Qld.

October 25th: Machino Supremo! Poems about machines by Janeen Brian & Mark Carthew, illustrated John Veeken (Celapene Press)

November 1st: Newts, Lutes and Bandicoots by Mark Carthew & Illustrated by Mike Spoor. Exciting NEW design / Hardback edition (IP Kidz) coming soon…

Exhibition on display at Dromkeen Gallery, National Center for Children’s Picture Book Art.

November 18th: New Zealand College of Early Childhood Education, Christchurch.

November 19 & 20th: Christchurch City Libraries, NZ (various sessions)

November 22nd: 11:00am The Gobbling Tree and other delights with Mark Carthew at the Imagined Worlds Story Centre, Waiheke Island, NZ (free event for children & adults) Bookings essential 021 292963149 or email storycentre@gmail.com - More information on the Term 4 Programme

November 24th: Can You Keep a Secret? 7:30-9:00pm Talk and workshop with award winning children’s author Mark Carthew at the Imagined Worlds Story Centre, Waiheke Island, NZ. Attendance by Koha. Bookings essential 021 292963149 or email storycentre@gmail.com - More information on the Term 4 Programme

November 26th -28th: Australian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) Conference, Hamilton, NZ.

Mark and illustrator Mini Goss at Federation Square, Melbourne

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