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WANT A FULL DAY OF CARTOONING WITH CARTOON DAVE??? |
Below you'll find an extremely attractive INFORMATION page, and below that, a BOOKING FORM. If you want to come along to one of these NSW dates, all you need to do is RIGHT CLICK on the forms below, and hit PRINT. Then, you send it off with your payment, and soon you'll be scribbling with your fave cartoonist! It's that simple!!!
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Like one of these fine prize-things to turn up in your mailbox? Just click on the KIDS CLUB button above, whack in your password (it just might be 'holycow') and click COMPETITIONS... from there, the creative brilliance is up to you!
You can check out the winners of last month's competitions, too. They're on the very same page! All right!!! |
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HOW DO YOU GET CARTOON DAVE LIVE AT YOUR SCHOOL???
One way is to click on the SCHOOL VISITS page, print out the info sheets and WAVE THEM IN FRONT OF YOUR TEACHER or SCHOOL LIBRARIAN'S FACE!!! (this may do the trick, or it may just get you a detention. Worth the risk though, don't you think?)
Want to get out of your house and see Cartoon Dave LIVE??? In the actual flesh??? Besides billions of school visits, some appearances on some of the best TV shows in the world and the odd trip to his local grocery store once every couple of weeks, here are some places you'll find him during 2009:
May 10 Art Gallery NSW (2:30pm) FREE to the public! Come along!!
May 18 Richard Johnson Anglican School
May 23 Campbelltown Arts Centre (Sydney Writer's Festival) 10:30-11:30am, 1:00-2:00pm
May 30  Extreme Cartooning WOLLONGONG LIBRARY (10am-4pm)
June 7 Art Gallery NSW (2:30pm) FREE to the public! Come along!!
June 17 & 18 Glenmore Park Public School
June 20 Extreme Cartooning SUTHERLAND LIBRARY (9:30am - 3:30pm)
July 1 Illawarra-South Coast CBCA Literary Lunch
July 1 Corrimal Library (4 -5pm) Bookings, ph: 02 4227 7402
Aug 18 Woy Woy South PS
Aug 20 Bossley Park HS
Aug 21 St. Pat's school, Lithgow
Aug 24 Vineyard Public School
Aug 25 Lithgow Public School
Aug 26 Cooerwul Public School
Aug 27 Blakehurst Public School
Aug 28 Mary Immaculate Primary School, Bossley Park
Sept 1 Mount St Thomas Public School
Sept 6 Art Gallery NSW (2:30pm) FREE to the public! Come along!!
Sept 28,29,30 Mudgee Public School (*and venues within the area.. more info soon)
Oct 12 State Library NSW (10:30 - 11:30 + 12:00 - 1:00)
(Macquarie St, Sydney) www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Oct 14 Thirroul Library (!0:30 - 11:30)
Oct 14 Dapto Library (2pm - 3pm)
Oct 15 Botany Library (Westfield, Eastgardens)*times to be confirmed
Nov 1 Art Gallery NSW (2:30pm) FREE to the public! Come along!!
Nov 15 Art Gallery NSW (2:30pm) FREE to the public! Come along!!
*many other dates that don't appear here have been tentatively booked, so keep watching for more live workshops as dates and venues are confirmed.
You might want to check with your librarian to find out if Cartoon Dave's on his way to your school hall. Or your classroom. Or to help out in the canteen making up a batch of vegemite & jam sandwiches!
Want to attend a workshop? Haven't booked yet? With a bit of luck there'll be room to squeeze you in at the venue of your choice... Please contact the venues directly for bookings and details.
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 "This is a glorious book that celebrates diversity, acceptance and the power of friendship. Highly recommended for ages 3 to 7" - MELBOURNE'S CHILD
So here's my latest book, NORMAN ENORMOUS. It landed in bookstores across the country on Feb 2nd, and managed to sell out in days. So it's since been re-printed, which means if you've been looking for it and haven't been able to find it, now you should be able to (unless you're looking in bus shelters or under rocks in the jungle. I'd try a bookstore first).
If you'd like a sneak peek, slide your mouse upwards now, click on the LINKS tab, and then click on the big long Puffin link. There's even some video of me reading from it. OR... you can zoom off to the 'DAVE'S BOOKS' page, and check out some of the artwork inside (you can even read some of my efforts at 'busting a rhyme'. Word.
  
So these are the three current books in the 'UFO - Unavoidable Family Outing' series. For the highly observant, you'll notice that only one of them has a black border around it. The other two were supposed to as well, but I just kinda forgot.
Oh, and something cool... 'UFO Afloat' has been nominated for a Western Australian Young Readers' Book Award for 2009. This is totally cool, as the books are chosen by Western Australian children themselves. Also, you'll be happy to know that the lovely Kate Forsythe and Anna Feinberg have been nominated too. Such nice gals! span>
Hey, did you know that I'm currently writing the fourth UFO book as we speak? (You did if you read this last month). All I can tell you at this stage is that unlike the last two, all the action WILL take place in our glorious Australia. (it won't be in stores for a while yet, though. They don't sell a lot of partially written novels. They like the whole thing. Apparently it's easier to get people to buy a whole book).
WANNA READ the FIRST CHAPTER of every single one of my novels NOW? Then do it! That's right - put down that honey-roasted lizard shin sandwich, click on 'DAVE'S BOOKS' and print out the first chapter of any of my three novels. That way, you'll be able to get the flavour of the book before you go off and buy a billion copies for everyone you know. Cool, huh?
 
In October 2008, I took part in a super fab day called 'March of the Penguins', where myself and a host of other Penguin authors (Morris Glietzman, Felice Arena etc) stood on stage and did our thing in front of 1500 students from a bunch of Victoria schools. To check out a 5 minute video extravaganza of everyone in action zoom off to the LINKS page and click on the MARCH OF THE PENGUINS link
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CARTOON DAVE (that's me) has just recorded a new season's worth of famous face caricatures for that fab show 'IT'S ACADEMIC' (Channel 7, 4:30pm). Yes, I know... you've seen me scribbling famous people dozens and dozens of times before, but I'm back in '09 for what will be my FOURTH SEASON with It's Academic. All right!
I'm fairly sure that you can see me each FRIDAY(Channel 7, 4:30pm), so stay tuned! 
 This is a show that I've been on a bunch of times. Watch it every single day of your life, and some time, some day, you might see me there again. It's on the channel with a big TEN on it.
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What Cartoon Dave is up to at this very second...
READING: OK, so currently I'm chunking my way through 'On Writing' by scary dude Stephen King. It's one of those books that you can pick up a zillion times and just read for two minutes and get some great info from. Tip... if you like to write, grab a copy.
WATCHING: : Tuesday nights sees 'the how to channel' blast into our living room for the Tuesday night design shows. Two hundred and Forty back-to-back half-hour shows about interior design, people buying and selling houses, and a whole stack of funny little English people doing reno's to their houses. Also it's 'So you think you can dance' time again, so hey... it's all on.
LISTENING TO: OK... cast your minds back a couple of 'Australian Idol' seasons, till you find a little gal by the name of Lisa Mitchell. Then punch her name into iTunes to hear glimpses of all her songs so far. She's whispy, pop-dreamy, folky, and simply brilliant. She's on in the car a lot. Her latest EP is 'Welcome to the Afternoon', and the equally cool 2007 release...'Said One to the Other' EP.
Oh, and also, I'm earballing a canadian folk/rock/glam/pop dude called Hawksley Workman. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I saw him live, and he was one of the most impressive and funny dudes I've seen in a long while. Kinda Jack Black-ish, but kinda not. How's that? |
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