On the Run Archives - Tristan Bancks

Tristan November 10, 2015

ON THE RUN How it Was Written

One week to go before the US release of my Middle-Grade adventure novel On the Run (Farrar Straus Giroux), released in Australia as … View Post

Tristan August 23, 2015

Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards 2015

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards ceremony in Melbourne … View Post

Tristan August 20, 2015

5 Books That Influenced the Writing of Two Wolves / On the Run

I believe that everything you read makes you a better writer, even if the book you’re reading shows you what not to … View Post

Tristan August 9, 2015

Two Wolves / On the Run Book Soundtrack

Writers Stephen King and Anthony Horowitz talk about writing as an act of telepathy, a direct connection between … View Post

Tristan July 21, 2015

Two Wolves / On the Run Vision Board

Pre-visualisation has always been my favourite part of the storytelling process. It’s all about imagining the possibilities for the story. You … View Post

Tristan July 12, 2015

5 Things I Learned While Writing Two Wolves / On the Run

Excerpt from Two Wolves. Calligraphy & photography by Claire Atkins, words by me. Excerpt initially featured in ‘Slow’. My book Two … View Post

Tristan December 7, 2014

On the Run

‘On The Run recalls the great adventure stories of Jack London but with the gritty realism of 21st-century story-telling. Gripping and unpredictable, … View Post