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Travel Plans of Liz & Mikey
Hello all here are our travel plans for the next few months, not many weeks until we are flying to Portland. Wednesday 8 April: Liz and Mikey drive to Melbourne Sunday 12 April: Liz and Mikey drive home to Canberra Monday 13 April: Liz has one day at the National Folk Festival Tuesday 14 April:…
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Clarion call – the workshop that will eat Liz in June and July
At last I am able to speak those jewelled words, “I have been accepted and am going to Clarion.” We were asked to stay mum and keep our itching fingers away from the keyboard until everything was finalised. What does this mean? Clarion is an amazing 6 week writers’ workshop. There’s Clarion South, Clarion West…
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Drawing Monsters Competition
The lovely Anne-Marie, Director of the ACT Writers Centre passed on to me this competition info from Murdoch books: Murdoch Books is on the hunt for an unpublished, funky new illustrator for an upcoming children’s title! $10,000 cash prize, plus naming rights on the cover… see PDF The only downside is you have to design…
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Fires, grief, stories and sense making
I have been reading Gary Hughes’ account of his first week after the fires in the Weekend Australian Magazine (March 7-8). A moving and intelligent account of the dislocation of a disaster like that. I cannot find a version of that article online, but here is his account of fleeing the fires. It is no…
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Western Australia Adventures and Bio Update
Thanks to everyone who sent me crits and comments on the bio, version 3 is now on my about page (https://lizargall.com/about/). In exciting news I will be heading to Western Australia to work on some educational comics in a week or so.
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Post Workshops
Well I’ve finished all my booked in workshops. Wow, what a ride, what a rush. I’ve been delighted by the artwork that has been produced by my students, and how they have learned a lot more about telling stories with their art. It’s been rewarding to challenge confident students to new levels and have shy…
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Between the Lines
Today and tomorrow I will be running workshops on political cartooning for the Australian National Museum. It’s been fun preparing and discovering that ancient research I did as a teen (back when I was reading everything in the library alphabetically and diving on anything on the new release table) is valuable. I loved to read…
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Comicbook Opera
It was amazing to see our musical performed. It’s been wonderful to get small people say “great lyrics” with big grins on their faces as they get to sing about horrible monsters, cruel villains and robbing a train. It was great to hear teachers, parents and other grownups talk about the moments they loved. Some…
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Comicbook Opera
Comicbook Opera will be performed for the first time tomorrow! Thursday 15 7pm at Canberra Girls Grammar School. 200+ students performing, it’s just massive. WIN TV will be showing snippets of today’s rehersal during the news tonight (6.30pm and midnight). You might even get an interview with a happy, if sweaty and slightly glazed, Liz.…
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Pencilers and colourists
I am on the hunt again. Please see below for info and let me know if you’re interested or know someone that might be suitable. Pro paying rates.