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Scar Town

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Cop & Robber

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Detention

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THE FALL

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TWO WOLVES

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MY LIFE & OTHER STUFF I MADE UP

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Tristan September 4, 2023

Meet the Creative Mind Behind Scar Town’s Book Design

Meet the Creative Mind Behind Scar Town’s Book Design

It’s always nerve-racking seeing the cover of your book for the first time. The book you’ve spent years writing. In the case of Scar Town, I’ve been thinking, jotting notes and developing the characters, setting and plot for fourteen years, ever since writing a short story called Adaan that inspired the book in 2009. I love writing, but there’s nothing that says, ‘The book is done’ like the day you see the cover. It’s also scary because what if it’s not right? What if they misunderstood your masterpiece? (Heehaw.) Book Design Luckily, I have had the good fortune to have Christa…

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Tristan August 16, 2023

SCAR TOWN TEACHERS’ RESOURCES

Teachers’ notes for my new novel Scar Town are now available here. The notes include an interview where I share the background and inspiration … View Post

Tristan August 9, 2023

Scar Town Book Reviews

Here are all the first reviews of my new crime-thriller novel for ages 11+, Scar Town. I hope you get a chance to read it. 😉 … View Post

Tristan August 1, 2023

Scar Town Author Interview

Scar Town is a crime-thriller novel for ages 10+ about a missing father, a drowned town, a buried secret and three friends on a dangerous … View Post

Tristan July 13, 2023

Brisbane, Sydney and Byron Bay – Meet Author Tristan Bancks at Scar Town Book Launch Events!

Author Tristan Bancks (Two Wolves, The Fall, Detention, Cop & Robber) has a new page-turning thriller that wrestles with big ideas, Scar Town (out 1 … View Post

Tristan May 23, 2023

Two Wolves Passes Milestone: 100,000 Books Sold in Australia and New Zealand!

Two Wolves has just passed a miraculous milestone – 100,000 copies sold in Australia and New Zealand. (Penguin Random House Australia has created a post about … View Post

Tristan May 12, 2023

Scar Town Cover Reveal

The cover for my 2023 crime-thriller for middle-graders, Scar Town, has been released! It’s by Christa Moffitt, the brains and art behind Christabella Designs … View Post

Tristan March 17, 2023

ANZ StorySchool Apple Education Project

Can technology help kids become better communicators, storytellers and writers? That’s the question we asked when I embarked on a project over the … View Post

Tristan February 15, 2023

Room to Read Special Event for Children’s Literacy!

I hope you can join us in Sydney for a super-special event for children’s literacy! Room to Read’s ‘Gifts of Reading’ event … View Post

Tristan January 24, 2023

5 Books That Influenced the Writing of Cop & Robber

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tristan Bancks (@tristanbancksbooks) Books and stories are built on the shoulders of all … View Post

Tristan September 29, 2022

Cop & Robber Book Reviews

Reviews for my new crime-thriller novel for middle-graders, Cop & Robber. Magpies Journal review ‘Themes of atonement, forgiveness, compromise, loyalty and redemption flow seamlessly … View Post

Tristan August 16, 2022

Cop & Robber Book Soundtrack

Cop & Robber, my new crime-thriller for 10-14 year-olds, has a book soundtrack that I listened to over and over again as I wrote. … View Post

Tristan July 29, 2022

Cop & Robber Audiobook

Cop & Robber (for age 10+) is the first of my books to have the audiobook released simultaneously with paper and ebook. I was lucky … View Post

Tristan July 11, 2022

Cop & Robber Book Trailer

We recently shot the book trailer for my new thriller novel for middle-graders, Cop & Robber. Here, I share what went into the making … View Post

Tristan June 30, 2022

Cop & Robber Book Launch

The Cop & Robber Brisbane launch party and workshop is on 5 July, 2022, 10am at Where the Wild Things Are Bookshop (next to Avid Reader … View Post

Tristan June 13, 2022

Cop & Robber Upcoming Events

My new crime-thriller novel for 10-14 year-olds, Cop & Robber, hits shelves 5 July and there are a range of Launch, Book Club and Festival … View Post

Tristan April 2, 2022

Cop & Robber Cover Reveal

My 2022 crime-thriller for middle-graders, Cop & Robber, now has a cover (with a quote from the extraordinary Morris Gleitzman, one of the authors I … View Post

Tristan February 18, 2022

SUCCESS: 2021 ROOM TO READ WORLD CHANGE CHALLENGE!

I’m proud to announce that we raised $20,450 to buy 20,450 local language books for kids in the developing world through Room to Read in 2021 … View Post

Tristan January 28, 2022

Shannon from Oh Creative Day! on Using StorySchool in the Classroom

Shannon Wong-Nizic is a primary school teacher and uber-blogger over at Oh! Creative Day. She is an advocate for creativity and literacy in children … View Post

Tristan January 25, 2022

Writing Prompts for Kids and Teens

‘How do you start a story?’ It’s the question I’m most often asked when I visit schools and festivals. Also, ‘Where do … View Post

Tristan December 17, 2021

2021 Highlights in Children’s Book Publishing

2021 feels like a year when we’ve mostly been locked up inside, unable to travel, not doing much at all but, looking back over … View Post

Tristan December 1, 2021

WIN Signed Ginger Meggs Book for Christmas!

And the winner is… Thanks to everyone who entered via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and eNews to win a signed copy of my new … View Post

Tristan November 17, 2021

NanoWriMo 2021

November is National Novel Writing Month (NanoWriMo 2021) and this year I’ve been taking part and documenting my efforts to write a 50,000-word novel … View Post

Tristan August 4, 2021

Ginger Meggs Teaching Materials

If you’re keen to introduce Ginger Meggs, Australia’s longest-running comic strip and star of my new book, to the classroom, the teaching … View Post

Tristan July 12, 2021

Engaging Primary Learners With iPad

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but kids love devices! A collective goal as parents and teachers, has long been to harness … View Post

Tristan July 5, 2021

2021 Children’s Book Week. 10 Tips to Make it the Best Book Week Ever!

The theme for 2021 Children’s Book Week is Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds. I love this idea. It does what books are supposed … View Post

Tristan June 23, 2021

Writing Inspiration for Kids: Five Tips for Parents

Are you keen to spark creativity, encourage kids to write and just fill in some time over the school holidays? Take a look at … View Post

Tristan June 20, 2021

Ginger Meggs Book on TV, Radio & In Print

Our Ginger Meggs 100th anniversary book has just been released and we’ve been doing lots of TV, radio, video and podcast interviews. Book … View Post

Tristan June 7, 2021

Ginger Meggs Activities

Hey Ginger Meggs fans Ever fancied yourself as the star of a comic strip? Well, in the first of four Ginger Meggs activities and … View Post

Tristan May 27, 2021

Ginger Meggs Book Soundtrack

Music captures and dictates tone and emotion in stories. Every book I write has its own unique book soundtrack. You can listen to soundtracks … View Post

Tristan May 4, 2021

Jason Chatfield – Ginger Meggs Illustrator

Jason Chatfield is the fifth artist to draw the famous Australian comic strip, Ginger Meggs, in its 100-year history. I was lucky enough to … View Post

Tristan May 3, 2021

WIN Ginger Meggs!

WIN a signed copy of my new children’s book, illustrated by Jason Chatfield, Ginger Meggs! It’s a hardback, full-colour, 100th anniversary book … View Post

Tristan May 3, 2021

Sydney Writers Festival Family Day

Sydney Writers Festival Family Day 2021 was a blast. Some extraordinarily talented illustrators, writers and performers came together to entertain big crowds at Sydney’s … View Post

Tristan April 19, 2021

Ginger Meggs 100th Anniversary Book – Free First Chapter

Read the first chapter of my new Ginger Meggs 100th anniversary book free! The Dead Man’s Hill billycart race is the quintessential Ginger … View Post

Tristan March 22, 2021

Help Finish Jimmy Bancks’s Last Ginger Meggs Comic Strip

Ginger Meggs cartoonist, Jimmy Bancks, died in 1952, leaving an unfinished Meggs comic-strip on his desk. Bancks said: ‘Creators come and go but their characters … View Post

Tristan February 25, 2021

Online Professional Development Opportunity for Teachers and Librarians

I’m happy to be partnering with The Kids’ Bookshop to bring you an online professional development workshop on Wednesday 24 March in which I’… View Post

Tristan January 22, 2021

Summer Reading Club

Need reading inspiration? A tip on your next great book? Want to gamify your reading? State Library of QLD’s Summer Reading Club … View Post

Tristan July 19, 2023

WIN SCAR TOWN!

WINNER ANNOUNCED: The winner of a signed Scar Town book, entry number 105 of the 197 people who entered, is Em You (@emmybean) who entered via … View Post

Tristan May 29, 2023

Young Writers’ StorySchool 50% Off Sale 31 May

Do you know a young writer, or a class of young writers, who find writing challenging? Is it difficult for them to generate ideas, … View Post

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