Category: Education
It has been a glittering awards season for Fremantle Press. Norman Jorgensen and James Foley, the creative team behind The Last Viking, have made it to the shortlist of five awards – the most recent being a Children’s Book Council of Australia Award and an Aurealis Award for Science Fiction (alongside The Waterboys by Peter […]
In which countries will the Jake series be published? As many as possible! So far it has appeared, or is scheduled to appear, in countries where French is spoken as well as India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. There’s also been interest from China, Germany, Greece, Philippines and Serbia.
Where did the inspiration for Shadow come from? Pat: We thought, if you were a young child who had moved towns and were lonely, wouldn’t it be good to have a secret creature to keep you company and protect you? Shadow is a friendly protective creature who loves Lilli and her mother and nanna. He […]