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  • To see a very, very funny and silly promotional video. click on the link to Nick Falks Facebook page. You will see Nick and I talking about our new series. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=871034609596439&set=vb.498089430224294&type=2&theater

  • I have been lucky enough to participate in the Sydney Writers’ Festivals, first children’s ‘Festival of Moving Stories’. This has involved drawing bus sized characters (see older posts for ‘Russ the Story Bus’), School talks with a host of other Authors and illustrators and the totally amazing stage experience of ‘Stories from the Pyjamaverse’. Story…

  • Roaming the street of Western Sydney, Russ the School is a part of the Sydney Writers Festival children’s events this November and December. http://today.ninemsn.com.au/storyinfo/jumpin/8928941/russ-the-story-bus-on-tour Covered in my drawings I the bright yellow bus is hard to miss.

  • By Vanessa Watson Nov. 3, 2014, 3:30 p.m. Children’s book artist Tony Flowers, who also teaches art and design at the Western Sydney Institute of TAFE’s Kingswood campus.                                                        …

  • From the 14th of November to the 5th of December the Sydney Writers’ Festival “Children’s festival of moving stories” is on, packed for of events with Australian authors and illustrators. There will be a brightly coloured/illustrated bus called ‘Russ the story bus’ travelling round Western Sydney. Stopping at Schools in the region. I had the…

  • A quick sample from my new book series with Nick Falk, Samurai vs Ninja. The books will be available in March 2015. This is Buta Sama (head of the Ninjas) in sketch and finished illustration stages. I now use a light pad (light box) to transfer sketch images to finished artwork. The steps I follow…

  • August 2014 Book madness

    The Amazing month of August was truly fantastic this year. A big part of being involved in children’s book publishing is promotional work. In Australia, the month of August is certainly a focus for that activity. This is mainly due to the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s (CBCA – http://cbca.org.au) book week program mid August.…