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Ken Spillman
Ken Spillman grew up in Perth and has been a full-time professional writer for most of his adult life. He is the author of 20 books including Blue and Love is a UFO, both acclaimed novels for teenagers. He co-authored Magpie Mischief and Magwheel Mayhem, and is also the author of the forthcoming title Jake’s Gigantic List (for early readers). During 2008, Ken was a keynote speaker at the Asian Children’s Writers and Illustrators Conference and a guest of the Tasmanian Writers Centre, the Mussoorie International Writers’ Festival, and the Delhi Children’s Literature Festival. He was a keynote speaker at a conference on multiliteracies in Singapore earlier this year. Ken has compiled five collections of writing, and the major US reference work Contemporary Authors has compiled a detailed entry on his career.
Awards
Winner, WA Premier’s Award
Winner, FAW National Literary Award
The Australian Critics’ Top 5
Shortlisted, Wilderness Society Environment Award
Shortlisted, WA Premier’s Award
Books available from Fremantle Press
- Jake's Concert Horror 2012
- Jake's Great Game 2011
- Jake's Balloon Blast 2011
- Jake's Monster Mess 2010
- Jake's Gigantic List 2009
- Blue 1999
Other Books by this Author
- Magpie Mischief
- Magwheel Madness
- Love is a UFO
Website
From the Catalogue
Outdoor Reading in Freo
The National Year of Reading is about turning Australia into a nation of readers. Fremantle City Library invites you the launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 at their Outdoor Reading Room.
Indulge your love of reading this Valentine’s Day with a morning tea and talks by Susanna Juliano author of Fremantle Italians and Andrew Relph, author of Not Drowning, Reading
When: 10am, 14 February 2012
Where: Outdoor Reading Room, Kings Square, Fremantle
RSVP by 7 Feb: 08 9432 9766 or frelib@fremantle.wa.gov.au
