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It's LOOSE! June 1st, 2013
illustrated by Matt Stanton, published by HarperCollins / ABC Books

Click here to read the ABC's Press Release!

SAVE THE DATES!

Victoria. Saturday June 1st Eltham Library, 3.00 - 4.30pm.
The Moose is Loose! to be officially launched by National Reading Ambassador Hazel Edwards.
Join Mark for the Victorian Book Launch, special reading, refreshments … and even a celebration song with special guest Rob Fairbairn. This event is supported by the Eltham Library and Eltham Bookshop, 2012 ABA Bookseller of the Year.

Queensland. Sunday June 23rd 10.30 am Marks & Gardner Gallery & Bookshop.
Join Mark for the Qld Book Launch, stories, verse and song at the wonderful Marks & Gardner Gallery.

MORE NEWS!

• Mark Awarded 2013 May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust Residential Fellowship
• New MARK CARTHEW poster available from SYBA SIGNS!
• Mark is a guest author on the first Kidz Book Club DVD OUT NOW!

It’s HERE! Print and eBook … iTunes & Kindle!

Images © Mike Spoor.

Mike Spoor (UK) & Mark Carthew, All Saints Storylines Festival of Children's Literature WA.
Mike and Mark touring Australia in 2013 & 2014 - for bookings contact Mark or Speakers Ink

EXCITING NEW RELEASE!
Newts, Lutes and Bandicoots by Mark Carthew & Illustrated by Mike Spoor.

Great NEW design & Hardback edition (IP Kidz) inc. visual puzzles. Find the hidden objects based on word ending sounds & the hidden newt and bandicoot playing a lute. Are you good enough?

Mike Spoor (UK) and Mark at Dromkeen

Now available in both Kindle Fire and iTunes!

Click here to watch Jimmy Giggle & Hoot from ABC TV read The Gobbling Tree!

We're Orff! 5 Easy Orff-based Music activities for Lower Primary Vol 1 & Middle Primary Vol 2 by Tamara O'Brien & Dr Mark Carthew, Bushfire Press Australia.

Coming Soon to the USA:
Speak Up! Denise Ryan & Associates / Teacher Created Materials, Huntington Beach, CA, USA 2013
Vroom, Vroom! Denise Ryan & Associates / Teacher Created Materials, Huntington Beach, CA, USA 2013
Footprints on the Moon, Denise Ryan & Associates / Teacher Created Materials, Huntington Beach, CA, USA 2013

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

Click here for FREE teacher notes and activity sheets!

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For Mark’s RECENT interviews on Radio Waiheke Island NZ and ABC Adelaide 891 click here

• New MARK CARTHEW poster available from SYBA SIGNS!
  
  
• Mark and UK children's illustrator Mike Spoor are available for international school talks, workshops and festival events.
  For further details please contact Mark direct on , or contact Helen Bain @ SPEAKERS INK, Phone: 1300-979-465
  

• Mark is a guest author on the first Kidz Book Club DVD OUT NOW!

Mark elected to Australian Society of Authors (ASA) Board of Directors



Left to right: Mark Carthew, Steve Wimmer (General Manager), Sheryl Gwyther, Kate Jones, Tony Moore, Angelo Loukakis (Executive Director), Robyn Sheahan-Bright (Deputy Chair), Sophie Masson (Chair), Hazel Edwards, Brian Dibble, Judith Ridge, David Day (Treasurer), Lyn Spender
Missing from photo: Chris Pash, Jeremy Fisher, Ann James

Upcoming events…

Feb 28: ASA New Member Night(Wheeler Centre)

April 23: Books go Walkabout talk - Islington UK / Mark Carthew Aust.

May 22: Mill Park PS visit

June 1: The Moose is Loose! Released

June 8 - July 8: May Gibbs Children’s Literature Fellowship Brisbane / State Library of Qld

June 11 - 14:
Tu-whit, tu-whoo! Making books with Mark Carthew - Eventbrite
State Library of Queensland presents Tu-whit, tu-whoo! Making books with Mark Carthew -- Multiple Dates -- Brisbane, Australia.
Oh No! Where did they go? Making books with Mark Carthew
Making books with Mark Carthew. Explore the process of writing picture books in a fun and engaging class with award-winning children's author Mark Carthew.
Timeless rhymes with Mark Carthew - Eventbrite
State Library of Queensland presents Timeless rhymes with Mark Carthew -- Multiple Dates -- Brisbane, Queensland.
Crazy Characters with Mark Carthew - Eventbrite
State Library of Queensland presents Crazy Characters with Mark Carthew -- Multiple Dates -- Brisbane, Australia.

June 15: 2pm - 4.30pm (May Gibbs High Tea) in the Mount Gravatt High School Library

July 6: CYA Children’s and Young adult Writers and Illustrators conference Southbank Institute of Technology (TAFE), 66 Ernest Street, Southbank Brisbane

August 2 - 4 East Gippsland Library Tour - Orbost, Bairnsdale Paynseville & Lakes Entrance- MARK CARTHEW & MIKE SPOOR (UK)

August 19 - 23: CBCA Book Week various schools

August 27: ASA Anniversary Celebration Abbotsford Convent 7.00pm

August 28: Devon Meadows PS

September 9 - 17: StoryArts Festival Ipswich (SAFI) (Previously known as The Ipswich Festival of Children's Literature)

October 17 - 19: ASA National Congress Sydney, Australian Maritime Museum.

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