Teacher professional learning with Bruce Whatley
Join us for this special online event as Bruce Whatley revisits some of his much-loved books and reveals the stories behind the stories!
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Bruce Whatley is one of Australia’s most highly regarded authors and illustrators for children. His award-winning titles include The Ugliest Dog in the World, Looking for Crabs, Detective Donut and the Wild Goose Chase, Diary of a Wombat, The Little Refugee, Flood, Fire, And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda and Cyclone. In 2021 Pandemic, written with Jackie French, won the prestigious Chen Bochui International Children's literature award.
Bruce constantly experiments with his image making processes to create the visual narrative best suited to complement the text of each book.
Bruce Whatley worked in advertising as an art director and illustrator before publishing his first children’s book, The Ugliest Dog in the World, in collaboration with his wife Rose Smith, in 1992. Since then, he has written and/or illustrated more than 100 children’s picture books. In 2008, he completed a PhD, Left Hand Right Hand, looking at the implications of ambidextrous image making. In 2020, he began painting and sculpting again for exhibitions.
This session, artworks, film and sound clips are protected by copyright and may not be recorded, reproduced or used in any way without the express written consent of the State Library of NSW.