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Tristan July 6, 2020

How to Draw With Illustrator Heath McKenzie

Superstar illustrator, Heath McKenzie, shows kids how to draw Ned the nit from our new book, Nit Boy! https://youtu.be/l-M5MYrYhiY. Heath … View Post

Tristan June 26, 2020

WIN Nit Boy!

********************** And the winner of a signed Nit Boy book, entry number 111 of the 181 people who entered, is Rebecca Toltz, who entered via Twitter! Congrats, … View Post

Tristan June 18, 2020

Nit Boy Book Trailer

Here’s the updated book trailer for my new release, Nit Boy. It’s two books in one, a relaunch of … View Post

Tristan April 16, 2020

Online Video Author Talks for Schools

With many schools moving online and students learning from home I have been delivering online author talks live via Zoom and Google Hangouts and … View Post

Tristan January 21, 2020

Nit Boy – The Head Lice Are Coming!

The head lice are coming! This is Nit Boy, my new book, out July, 2020. If you’ve ever had nits, been a nit … View Post

Tristan December 13, 2019

Kids’ & Teen Book Tour Highlights 2019

2019 has been another big adventure in the world of kids’ and teen books. (My top 9 Insta pics for the year above. Mental note: … View Post

Tristan November 19, 2019

WIN Signed Books For Christmas!

Thanks to the 346 people who entered across Twitter, Insta, FB, YouTube and eNews to win my three crime, mystery, suspense novels plus the entire … View Post

Tristan August 9, 2019

Ginger Meggs 100th Birthday

My great great uncle Jim Bancks created a comic strip character, Ginger Meggs, in 1921. I’ve always been very proud of this and … View Post

Tristan July 22, 2019

Book Soundtrack: Detention

Music was crucial in creating the mood for the writing of my new novel, Detention, about an escape from an immigration detention centre, a … View Post