Very happy that Squishbook: Make comics with Squishface Studio and friends! has been Highly Commended in the Children’s Literature category of the 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards!
We might make a sticker to go on the book, but it will be a bit smaller than this.
Thanks very much to the good people running the Awards at the Wheeler Centre, and the judges who chose to give us this lovely (and unexpected) honour. I’m not sure how many micro-published books have received it.
Thanks and congratulations to the people who made the book and who are therefore all Highly Commended: Alex e Clark, Alex Pavlotski, Ben Hutchings, Briar Rolfe, David Blumenstein, Ive Sorocuk, Jin Hien Lau, Jo Waite, Nicholas J. Johnson, Patrick Alexander, Sarah Howell, Scarlette Baccini and Warwick Holt.
Thank you to the many libraries, festivals, schools and bookshops across Australia and New Zealand who had us come visit over the past year! Thanks to the grade 2s at Kensington Primary [now going into grade 4] who gave us their questions and drawings for the book!
And thank you to everyone who has bought Squishbook! You can get the book directly from us, or, if you’re a school or library you can also get it thru our library distributors, ALS Library Services and James Bennett Online (and if you’re teaching comics, be sure to check out our Squishbook teachers’ resources too).
Our excellent stockists include:
ONLINE STOCKISTS
- Cockatoo Comics (Sydney, NSW)
- Brunswick Bound (Brunswick, Vic)
- Collins Booksellers (Warrnambool, Vic)
- Eltham Bookshop (Eltham, Vic)
- Hobart Bookshop (Hobart, Tas)
- Red Kangaroo Books (Alice Springs, NT)
- Impact Comics (Canberra, ACT)
- National Library of Australia Bookshop (Canberra, ACT)
BUY IN-STORE
- Readings Kids (Carlton, Vic)
- Readings St Kilda (St Kilda, Vic)
- Sticky Institute (Melbourne, Vic)
- All Star Comics (Melbourne, Vic)
- Greenlight Comics (Adelaide, SA)
Huzzah!