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Booked-In! Children’s and Young Adults’ Literature Festival
Artist Talk: Meet the Illustrator
DATE: Thursday 15 August , 4:30 pm
VENUE: Armidale Dumaresq Library
COST: $5, no booking required, pay at door.
Guest illustrator is Anne Spudvilas who is also an established portrait painter and courtroom artist.
Her books include: The Peasant Prince, Woolvs in the Sitee, Jenny Angel and In My Backyard.
Anne Spudvilas is a multi-award-winning illustrator of children’s books and an established portrait painter who also works as a courtroom artist for the Melbourne media.
Anne’s portraits have been selected in major portrait competitions and she has completed public commissions for the City of Melbourne and the Victorian State Government and her work is in collections in Australia, USA, Europe and Asia.
Her first picture book The Race was awarded the Crichton Award for Illustration and CBCA (Children’s Book Council of Australia) Honour Book.
In 2000, she won CBCA Picture Book of the Year with Jenny Angel, which was also shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Award.
In 2008, The Peasant Prince won the NSW Premier’s Award (Patricia Wrightson Prize), the Australian Book Industry Award for Younger Readers and the Queensland Premiers Award.
Anne’s designs were used by Australia Post for the 2006 Australian Christmas stamps.
Website: www.annespudvilas.com
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Inquiries
All workshops must be booked and paid for in advance. For information about the program or to book for events:
Phone (02) 6772 7210 or send an email message to admin@newc.org.au
NEWC membership entitles you to do the workshop at the reduced member rate.
You can become a member when you book a workshop. Our annual membership fees are:
| Adults: | $30.00 including GST |
| Students (tertiary): | $20.00 including GST |
| Students (under 18): | $15.00 including GST |
Venue
Unless otherwise stated, all events will be held at the New England Writers' Centre (NEWC), in the Neighbourhood Centre, 129 Rusden Street, Armidale (between the Council Building and the Town Hall).
Access
During opening hours and workshops, access is through the Cinders Lane car park (first door on left, in the corridor).
Parking
There is a one-hour parking restriction in the Cinders Lane carpark.
The New England Writers' Centre is assisted by the NSW Government through Arts NSW.