Thursday July 18th 4-5pm
Join us for the candlelit launch of When the Lights Went Out, the beautiful new picture book from creatives Lian Tanner and Jonathan Bentley. Drawing! Dancing! Storytelling! Adults and children welcome. When the Lights Went Out will be launched by Dr Lara Cain Gray, author of the upcoming The Grown-Up’s Guide To Picture Books.
About the book:
A cosy picture book about finding warmth and connection in community from the award-winning creative team behind Ella and the Ocean.
The night was frosty dark but we were snug and cosy in the kitchen. Then SNAP! The lights went out. In the dark of night, a neighbourhood becomes a new country to explore, and an ordinary winter evening turns into a family adventure.
About the author:
Lian Tanner has been dynamited while scuba diving and arrested while busking. She once spent a week in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, hunting for a Japanese soldier left over from the Second World War. Lian’s middle grade books include the best-selling Keepers trilogy, Rita’s Revenge, Spellhound and Fledgewitch. Her two picture books, When the Lights Went Out and Ella and the Ocean, are illustrated by Jonathan Bentley. Her stories have won many awards including the NSW Premier’s Literary Award, the Russell Prize for Humour Writing for Young People, the Tasmanian Literary Award, and three Aurealis Awards for Best Australian Children’s Fantasy.
About the illustrator:
As a little boy, Jonathan Bentley liked football and drawing. When he was eight years old, he realised he wouldn't be good enough to play football for Leeds United - so he concentrated on drawing instead. He is now one of Australia's most treasured illustrators. Jonathan has worked with authors such as Margaret Wild and Andrew Daddo, as well as writing and illustrating many of his own titles. His award-winning picture books - including Windows, A House of Her Own, Pink, The Second Sky, Where is Bear? and Cat and Dog - have been published all over the world.
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