FROM THE PUBLISHER’S DESK
author Anne Morgan
artist Lois Bury
writer Chris Champion
It is not often that I use this space to blow the horn of Forty South Publishing Pty Ltd (even though it is Tasmania’s biggest, best, most admired and most trusted book publisher). But occasionally an author walks through our door with something very special under their arm. When they are accompanied by an artist with something equally special under their arm, you get tingles all the way from your toes to your graphic design department to your commercial printing contact list.
The Forty South Publishing office was all a-twitter recently because one of those very special projects had just been introduced to the world. Here’s a sneak preview of the text:
Attention, attention, young bird lovers all!
Please come along to our masked costume ball.
Dress as the bird you would most like to be,
Tasmanian endemics will get in for free.
The Bird Lovers’ Ball is a blend of fantasy and non-fiction, involving children dressing up as native Tasmanian birds and going to a ball. Anne Morgan’s beautifully crafted rhyming text dances delightfully around Lois Bury’s exquisite artwork.
“Very special” might be underselling this book. An instant Tasmanian classic has been set free.
