One author's outrage - Books - www.smh.com.au
"With the release of his new novel, Girl Underground, the best-selling children's author of titles like Toad Rage, Bumface and Two Weeks with the Queen is out to tackle the 'nameless, faceless' fog of fear and ignorance surrounding the issue of children in detention.... ..."
Judith Ridge has written the Teachers' Notes for this novel, which can be found on Puffin's Australian website.
Morris Gleitzman and Girl Underground ? ABC Perth
"Children's author Morris Gleitzman was a guest in the Chat Room with Jo McManus and Peter Holland. On the table for discussion his views on why boys won't read and political statements in children's literature... ..."
There is a link to a 21 minute audiofile of the chat which I haven't had a chance to listen to yet, but certainly will do.
The Australian: Healthy dose of the dark side [June 07, 2004]
Shaun Tan's The Red Tree has been turned into a stage play:
...it was the challenging nature of the book that caught Susan Richer's attention when she heard Perth-based Tan - who was only 26 when he wrote it four years ago - being interviewed on radio. She bought the book. After seeing Tan's sumptuous illustrations - which have been compared with Chagall, Dali and Whiteley - Richer was confident she had the makings of a stage play.
