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’… View Post
Tristan May 13, 2019 Newington College LitFest I opened Newington College LitFest last week with a call to action for the boys to buy thousands of sausage sandwiches in support of … 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 … View Post
Tristan May 18, 2018 Creative Writing Competition for Young Writers Young writers aged 7-12 are invited to write a 500-word story for a chance to win amazing prizes, mentorship by a professional author and … View Post
Tristan June 28, 2016 Making Sense of Humour Funnyman author Oliver Phommavanh has just launched his new book, The Other Christy. Here, Oliver gives tips on how kids can write their … View Post
Tristan May 24, 2012 Sydney Writers Festival Primary School Days Writers Festivals are such a stark contrast to the day-to-day life of being a writer. At the end of a festival part of you … View Post
Tristan March 15, 2012 Somerset Celebration of Literature This week I’m at Somerset Celebration of Literature on the Gold Coast hanging out with lots of kids and authors and sharing … View Post
Tristan August 24, 2011 My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up reviews The reviews are in… Some recent reviews of my book of short stories My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up. Good Reading … View Post
Tristan July 3, 2011 Free Short Story – ‘My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up’ To celebrate the release of My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up (Random House), my book of weird / funny / gross … View Post