About
Hello and welcome!
My name is Kylie Dunstan and I write and illustrate children’s picture books.
If I was going to be forced into talking about myself in the third person this is what I would (and) have said….
“Kylie Dunstan is an award winning author and illustrator of children’s picture books. Her first book ‘Collecting Colour’ won CBCA Picture Book of the Year in 2009. She has since written and illustrated six more books. Her most recent book 'Nannie Loves' was awarded the 2017 CBCA Honour Book for Early Childhood. Kylie was born in Broken Hill and finished her education in Adelaide.She has since lived in Gunbalanya (NT) on the edge of Kakadu, Hanoi (Vietnam), and Chicago (USA). She now lives in Melbourne with her partner and two girls.”
Below is a more formal version of my bio.
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BIO
Kylie Dunstan
Kylie Dunstan is an award winning author and illustrator of children’s picture books. Her first book ‘Collecting Colour’ won CBCA Picture Book of the Year in 2009. She has since written and illustrated six more books. Her most recent book 'Nannie Loves' was awarded the 2017 CBCA Honour Book for Early Childhood.
Published Books
‘Collecting Colour’
(written and illustrated) 2008 Lothian (Hachette Livre Australia)
Winner CBCA Picture Book of the Year 2009
Shortlisted Queensland Premiers Literary Award
Shortlisted CBCA Picture Book of the Year 2009
Shortlisted Crichton Award 2009
Shortlisted Western Australian Premiers Book Award 2008
‘Because you are with me’
(written and illustrated) July 2010 Lothian Books
Published in Australia and Korea
‘The Red Bridge’
(written and illustrated) a Helen Chamberlin Book published by Windy Hollow Books June 2011
2012 CBCA Notable book
‘Same, but little bit diff’rent’
(written and illustrated) a Helen Chamberlin Book published by Windy Hollow Books June 2012
‘This Way Up’
(written and illustrated) a Helen Chamberlin Book published by Windy Hollow Books August 2013
‘Puddles are for Jumping’
(written and illustrated) a Helen Chamberlin Book published by Windy Hollow Books2015
2016 CBCA Notable Book
2015 Australian Speech Pathology Award Shortlisted Book
‘Nannie Loves’
(written and illustrated) Working Title Press 2016
2017 CBCA Early Childhood Honour Book
2017 CBCA Early Childhood Shortlisted Book
2017 CBCA Notable Book
Awards and Grants
2004 ASA Emerging Writers Mentorship (Mentored by Sally Rippin)
2008 Shortlisted Western Australian Premiers Book Award‘Collecting Colour’
2009 Noteable Book of the Year ‘Collecting Colour’
2009 Shortlisted Queensland Premiers Literary Award ‘Collecting Colour’
2009 Shortlisted CBCA Picture Book of the Year ‘Collecting Colour’
2009 Shortlisted Crichton Award ‘Collecting Colour’
2009 Winner CBCA Picture Book of the Year ‘Collecting Colour’
2012 CBCA Notable book ‘The Red Bridge’
2014 ASA/Australia Council Picture Book Illustrators Initiative
2015 Shortlisted Australian Speech Pathology Award
2016 CBCA Notable Book ‘Puddles are for Jumping’
2017 CBCA Notable Book ‘Nannie Loves’
2017 CBCA Shortlisted Book 'Nannie Loves'
2017 CBCA Honour Book 'Nannie Loves'
Festivals and Residencies and Exhibitions
2011 ‘Collecting Colour’ Exhibition at Flinders University City Gallery, State Library of South Australia
2013 Residency Western Australia Katanning, Denmark and Albany Libraries
2013 Melbourne Writers Festival ArtPlay and Kids Own Publishing workshops with writer Michael Wagner
2014 Children’s Book Festival State Library of Victoria and The Wheeler Centre Workshops for schools
2014 ‘Once Upon a Time: a world of children’s picture book art’ Exhibition at the State Library of Victoria
2014 Sydney Residency Westwords and Parramatta Artists Studios
2014 Edinburgh International Literary Festival Edinburgh, Scotland
2014 Melbourne Writers Festival Artplay, Melbourne
2015 Children’s Book Festival State Library of Victoria and The Wheeler Centre Workshops for schools program.
2015 Melbourne Writers Festival Workshops ‘Bunyips and Dragons’ and ‘The Story Peddlers’ Federation Square
2017 'Imagine If' Exhibition at the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature, University of Canberra
