
About Tohby Riddle Tohby Riddle is an award-winning writer, illustrator, cartoonist, designer and sometime editor based in Sydney, Australia. He has written and illustrated numerous well-loved picture books; written a novel (published as a young adult book); was the cartoonist for Good Weekend (the Saturday magazine of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age) for nearly ten years; and is a former editor of the The School Magazine, a literary magazine for children published by the NSW Department of Education since 1916.
Tohby
was born in Sydney, Australia, and has lived there since. After
high school, Tohby went to Sydney College of the Arts where Then Tohby got another
job. He still had to carry things but it was in The experience served
him well when later he decided to try another The year it was released
Tohby began studying architecture at The Indeed, interest from
publishers and a desire to keep trying out ideas Since that time, Tohby
has produced a number of books, cartoons and Luckily, considering
Australia's wealth of talented cartoonists, Tohby's Tohby has also visited
schools, universities and writers' festivals A brief profile of Tohby Riddle in words and pictures …
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| Interviews, articles, papers, links … "Tohby Riddle" – Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum interview with Tohby Riddle (January 2011) "Attic Dreaming" – Sun Herald feature on Tohby Riddle (October 2008) Writers Talk 2009 – filmed in-depth interviews with various authors, including Tohby Riddle, who were part of the 2009 Sydney Writers Festival.This extensive resource which includes Teachers' Notes, links and other information was created by the NSW Department of Education's Centre for Learning Innovation. "Writing for Everyone" – an article by Tohby Riddle for Reading Time (Vol.53 No 4, November 2009), about writing his novel, The Lucky Ones, after doing picture books and boardbooks "Know the Author/Illustrator: Tohby Riddle" – a feature article on Tohby Riddle by author James Roy for Magpies (Vol. 24, No 4, September 2009). This link is an extract. Bottersnikes and Other Lost Things: A Celebration of Australian Illustrated Children's Books – A richly illustrated hardcover book (left) on Australian children's book illustration through the decades. Published in 2009, a spread (p. 164-5) is dedicated to Tohby Riddle's picture book The Great Escape from City Zoo. "Children's Picture Books by Tohby Riddle" – an online article by Susan Whelan which focuses on The Royal Guest, The Singing Hat and Nobody Owns the Moon About Making Picture Books – an interview with Tohby Riddle Making Picture Books Libby Gleeson's excellent book on the subject of making picture books. Includes comments by a number of picture book creators, including Tohby Riddle. "Every Picture Tells a Story" – Sunday Age feature on Tohby Riddle "Colour
Story" – an article by Tohby Riddle, first published
in Melbourne's "Interview
with Tohby Riddle" – an extensive interview and
article by Tony
Bones Entertainment – creators and performers of musical Something about the Author (SATA) biography Academia A paper written by Cheryl Macmillan and titled "Metafiction and Humour "Trash
Aesthetics and Utopian Memory"The Tip at the End of the Street The Royal Guest is cited in "The End of Empire? Colonial and Postcolonial Journeys in Children's Books" Children's Literature - Volume 29, 2001, pp. 196-218 More soon … |
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Some Feedback After reading Nobody Owns The Moon once I read it a second time. The second time I read the illustrations as well. The third time I read it I read it aloud. I find Nobody Owns The Moon a lovely deep well. I felt better for having read it. After this email I will read it again. Thank you. I just wanted to tell you that I think 'Nobody Owns The Moon' is one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen and read ... I have a three year old daughter, and the book gives us so much ... I can't tell you how happy I am that I finally found The Special Book - the book she and I will read together for years, and one day she will read to her bubs too. Yesterday I took out a copy of Nobody Owns the Moon from the library to read to my son. I haven't stopped thinking about the book since. Your story is a rare treat. A small truth that points to a large truth, about what it is to be human. In doing so it achieves the the highest aim for any work of art. Keep
up the great work. It is greatly appreciated. Just
wanted to say I love your work. My fridge is a growing collection of Tohby
whimsy. Just
saw your stuff on shoebox.
It made me happy and smiley and sunny, I like it. Just
bought What's the Big Idea?. Love it. I have an interest in teaching
Philosophy for Children through which we try to identify the 'big ideas'. Some useful
stimulus material in your book. Thank
you for your humbly witty wordplay and gentle illustrations.Your tiny
cartoon I loved
the question mark balloon ["? Balloon" Good Weekend,
26 June 2004] I've
wanted to get a copy of The Royal Guest for years! I saw it in
a bookshop years I just
loved "Little Caterpillar" in Good Weekend Sept. 23
[2006]. Love
your work! I was given your book What's the Big Idea? for Christmas
and The
Great Escape from City Zoo will always be the picture book that re-opened
my The
Singing Hat is fantastic. We have analysed it inside out, upside
down and I just
want to let you know I absolutely love your weekly cartoons in SMH's Have
enjoyed your book [What’s the Big Idea?] immensely. Have
purchased I have
just again read The Tip at the End of the Street to my son. This is Love
your work. You're the best. I just
have to tell you how much I love The Great Escape from City Zoo.
I've been Thanks
for bringing me perplexing joy on Saturday mornings in the Good Weekend. The cartoons
are great. Thank you for the smiles! Keep
on with your wonderful work!
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