Books Archives - Tristan Bancks

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 … 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 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 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 … 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 … 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 … View Post