children's books Archives - Page 2 of 10

Tristan August 20, 2019

Detention Book Trailer

Detention is a book about an escape from an immigration detention centre, a school lockdown and an epic chase. It’s about a connection … View Post

Tristan April 29, 2019

Hong Kong Young Readers Festival and Somerset StoryFest

In the last couple of months I’ve been lucky enough to speak at Hong Kong Young Readers Festival and Somerset StoryFest. Both such … View Post

Tristan January 16, 2019

Writing Tips For Kids Final Episode

The final episode of my Writing Tips for Kids video series is up on YouTube. The series features my top five tips for creating … View Post

Tristan December 4, 2018

2018 Adventures in the World of Kids’ and Teen Books

Sometimes it’s hard to remember what you did in a year, if you did anything, so I did a little Instagram time-travel and … View Post

Tristan July 9, 2018

Tom Weekly My Life & Other Failed Experiments Review

Here are the first reviews of Tom Weekly: My Life & Other Failed Experiments thanks to uber-librarians / book bloggers Sue Warren (aka Losang Zopa) … View Post

Tristan June 21, 2018

YABBA Awards Shortlist 2018

The YABBA, KOALA and KROC children’s choice book awards shortlist is out and I’m very proud to have my novel The Fall … View Post

Tristan March 26, 2018

WIN Signed Tom Weekly Books!

The first three books in my Tom Weekly series (illustrated by Gus Gordon) are being rereleased 1 April with new covers, bigger illustrations and more … View Post

Tristan February 26, 2018

Book Week 2018

The Australian Children’s Book Week theme for 2018 is ‘Find Your Treasure’. Such a perfect description of the search to discover your next great … View Post