Tohby Riddle is an Australian artist and writer/illustrator of picture books and illustrated books that have been published in many countries, and translated into many languages, around the world. His work has been translated by Haruki Murakami and he has been nominated for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Medal.
Riddle's picture books include The Great Escape from City Zoo, The Royal Guest, Nobody Owns the Moon, My Uncle's Donkey and Unforgotten. Other books include The Greatest Gatsby: a visual book of grammar, the Word Spy books written by Ursula Dubosarsky and illustrated by Riddle, the novel The Lucky Ones, and two cartoon collections, What's the Big Idea? and Pink Freud. The cartoon collections are selected from his work as the weekly cartoonist for Good Weekend magazine (Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne's Age), a position he held for nearly ten years from 1997–2006.
In 2005 he became editor of The School Magazine, a literary magazine for children founded in 1916, in which his illustrations, non-fiction pieces and poems have also appeared regularly.[1] In 2009 he won the Patricia Wrightson Prize in the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards with Ursula Dubosarsky for their book The Word Spy.[2]
In 2018, Riddle's book My Uncle's Donkey was translated into a Japanese edition by one of the world's greatest living writers Haruki Murakami after Mr Murakami discovered the book in a Melbourne bookshop on a visit to Australia. This edition was published in December 2018 by Asunaro Shobo.
As an artist, Riddle's paintings have continued to gain a following since a sell-out show in 2018. In 2022, His first solo exhibition, Silent Light, was held at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre to considerable acclaim and 38 paintings were sold. In 2023, his Wynne Prize entry was included in the Salon des Refuses, at the SH Ervin Gallery. His paintings are in the collections of the State Library of NSW and the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre.
List of booksedit
Careful With that Ball, Eugene! (1989, US 1991, UK 1991)
A Most Unusual Dog (1992, US 1993)
Arnold Z Jones Could Really Play the Trumpet (1993, reprinted 2000)
The Royal Guest (1993)
50 Fairies You Ought to Know About (1995, Germany 2004)
The Singing Hat (2000, US 2001). Honour book in the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year awards for 2001;[4] Joint winner of the Wilderness Society of Australia's Environment Award 2001, Picture Books category; Australian Publishers Association Design Awards, 2000, winner of Best Designed Children's Cover; Highly commended in Best Designed Children's Picture Book category; Commended in the Best Designed Jacket of the Year category
What’s the Big Idea? (2003) Highly commended in the Australian Publishers Association Design Awards for 2003, in the Best Designed Illustrated Book category
Irving the Magician (2005) Shortlist, 2006 Picture Book of the Year, Children's Book Council of Australia[5]
The Great Escape from City Zoo (2007, reissue)
Dog and Bird See the Moon (2007)
The Royal Guest (2007, reissue)
Nobody Owns the Moon (2008) Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Awards.[6] Shortlisted, Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year awards for 2009
The Word Spy (2008, with Ursula Dubosarsky). Winner, Patricia Wrightson Prize, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, 2009; Honour Book, Eve Pownall Book of the Year 2009, Children's Book Council of Australia Awards[7][8]
The Lucky Ones (2009)
Return of the Word Spy (2010, with Ursula Dubosarsky). Winner, Eve Pownall Book of the Year 2009, Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
My Uncle's Donkey (2010) Picture Book of the Year 2011, Honour award, Children's Book Council of Australia Awards[9]
The Greatest Gatsby: a visual book of grammar (2015) Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary awards; Shortlisted, Prime Minister's Literary Awards; Selected as a White Raven, International Youth Library, Germany
Milo: a moving story (2016)
Here Comes Stinkbug! (2018) Honour Book, Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
Yahoo Creek: an Australian mystery (2019) Shortlisted, Eve Pownall Book of the Year, Children's Book Council of Australia Awards; Finalist, Best Graphic Novel/Illustrated Work, Aurealis Awards 2019; Bilby Award, QLD, 2022
Nobody Owns the Moon (2019, 10th anniversary reissue)
The Astronaut's Cat (2020) Longlisted, Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book, Australian Book Design Awards 2021
The March of the Ants (2021, with Ursula Dubosarsky)
Referencesedit
^"An older kind of magic*: a history of the School Magazine". Radio National. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^"First-time author floats boat with Premier's prize win - Books - Entertainment". www.smh.com.au. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^"Wild, Riddle nominated for 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Awards". Books+Publishing. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
^. www.cbca.org.au. The Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
^. www.cbca.org.au. The Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
^"Eyes on the prizes as best books do battle - Books - Entertainment - smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. 25 March 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^"Judges name best children's books". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^. www.cbca.org.au. The Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
^. www.cbca.org.au. The Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
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Tohby Riddle is an Australian artist and writer illustrator of picture books and illustrated books that have been published in many countries and translated into many languages around the world His work has been translated by Haruki Murakami and he has been nominated for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Medal Tohby RiddleOccupationAuthor and cartoonistGenreChildren s Picture BooksWebsitewww wbr tohby wbr comRiddle s picture books include The Great Escape from City Zoo The Royal Guest Nobody Owns the Moon My Uncle s Donkey and Unforgotten Other books include The Greatest Gatsby a visual book of grammar the Word Spy books written by Ursula Dubosarsky and illustrated by Riddle the novel The Lucky Ones and two cartoon collections What s the Big Idea and Pink Freud The cartoon collections are selected from his work as the weekly cartoonist for Good Weekend magazine Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne s Age a position he held for nearly ten years from 1997 2006 In 2005 he became editor of The School Magazine a literary magazine for children founded in 1916 in which his illustrations non fiction pieces and poems have also appeared regularly 1 In 2009 he won the Patricia Wrightson Prize in the New South Wales Premier s Literary Awards with Ursula Dubosarsky for their book The Word Spy 2 In 2018 Riddle s book My Uncle s Donkey was translated into a Japanese edition by one of the world s greatest living writers Haruki Murakami after Mr Murakami discovered the book in a Melbourne bookshop on a visit to Australia This edition was published in December 2018 by Asunaro Shobo In December 2020 Riddle was nominated by Australia for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award 3 As an artist Riddle s paintings have continued to gain a following since a sell out show in 2018 In 2022 His first solo exhibition Silent Light was held at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre to considerable acclaim and 38 paintings were sold In 2023 his Wynne Prize entry was included in the Salon des Refuses at the SH Ervin Gallery His paintings are in the collections of the State Library of NSW and the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre List of books editCareful With that Ball Eugene 1989 US 1991 UK 1991 A Most Unusual Dog 1992 US 1993 Arnold Z Jones Could Really Play the Trumpet 1993 reprinted 2000 The Royal Guest 1993 50 Fairies You Ought to Know About 1995 Germany 2004 The Tip at the End of the Street 1996 IBBY Australia Ena Noel encouragement award for Children s Literature Children s Book Council of Australia Notable Book 1997 The Great Escape from City Zoo 1997 US 1999 Shortlisted for the Children s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year 1998 and the New South Wales Premier s Literary Awards 1999 The Singing Hat 2000 US 2001 Honour book in the Children s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year awards for 2001 4 Joint winner of the Wilderness Society of Australia s Environment Award 2001 Picture Books category Australian Publishers Association Design Awards 2000 winner of Best Designed Children s Cover Highly commended in Best Designed Children s Picture Book category Commended in the Best Designed Jacket of the Year category What s the Big Idea 2003 Highly commended in the Australian Publishers Association Design Awards for 2003 in the Best Designed Illustrated Book category Irving the Magician 2005 Shortlist 2006 Picture Book of the Year Children s Book Council of Australia 5 The Great Escape from City Zoo 2007 reissue Dog and Bird See the Moon 2007 The Royal Guest 2007 reissue Nobody Owns the Moon 2008 Shortlisted NSW Premier s Literary Awards 6 Shortlisted Children s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year awards for 2009 The Word Spy 2008 with Ursula Dubosarsky Winner Patricia Wrightson Prize NSW Premier s Literary Awards 2009 Honour Book Eve Pownall Book of the Year 2009 Children s Book Council of Australia Awards 7 8 The Lucky Ones 2009 Return of the Word Spy 2010 with Ursula Dubosarsky Winner Eve Pownall Book of the Year 2009 Children s Book Council of Australia Awards My Uncle s Donkey 2010 Picture Book of the Year 2011 Honour award Children s Book Council of Australia Awards 9 Unforgotten 2012 Shortlisted NSW Premier s Literary awards The Greatest Gatsby a visual book of grammar 2015 Shortlisted NSW Premier s Literary awards Shortlisted Prime Minister s Literary Awards Selected as a White Raven International Youth Library Germany Milo a moving story 2016 Here Comes Stinkbug 2018 Honour Book Children s Book Council of Australia Awards Yahoo Creek an Australian mystery 2019 Shortlisted Eve Pownall Book of the Year Children s Book Council of Australia Awards Finalist Best Graphic Novel Illustrated Work Aurealis Awards 2019 Bilby Award QLD 2022 Nobody Owns the Moon 2019 10th anniversary reissue The Astronaut s Cat 2020 Longlisted Best Designed Children s Illustrated Book Australian Book Design Awards 2021 The March of the Ants 2021 with Ursula Dubosarsky References edit An older kind of magic a history of the School Magazine Radio National 30 August 2010 Retrieved 5 October 2017 First time author floats boat with Premier s prize win Books Entertainment www smh com au 19 May 2009 Retrieved 5 October 2017 Wild Riddle nominated for 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Awards Books Publishing 10 December 2020 Retrieved 12 December 2020 2001 Picture Book of the Year www cbca org au The Children s Book Council of Australia Archived from the original on 5 January 2010 Retrieved 28 July 2015 2006 Picture Book of the Year www cbca org au The Children s Book Council of Australia Archived from the original on 5 January 2010 Retrieved 28 July 2015 Eyes on the prizes as best books do battle Books Entertainment smh com au www smh com au 25 March 2009 Retrieved 5 October 2017 Judges name best children s books Retrieved 5 October 2017 Book of the Year 2009 Winners www cbca org au The Children s Book Council of Australia Archived from the original on 26 August 2009 Retrieved 28 July 2015 Book of the Year 2011 Winners www cbca org au The Children s Book Council of Australia Archived from the original on 21 July 2015 Retrieved 28 July 2015 External links edit nbsp Children s literature portalOfficial website Profile at Penguin Books Australia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tohby Riddle amp oldid 1177376746, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
