Janeen Brian
Author's name:
Janeen Brian
Author description:
Janeen is an award-winning children’s author whose work ranges from picture books, junior fiction, non-fiction, novels and poetry. Apart from her 67 books published in trade and educational, she also writes for children’s magazines in Australia and USA and has had over 100 stories, poems, articles and plays published. Her poems are included in 14 anthologies. Her award-winning titles include, 'Hoosh! Camels in Australia', 'Where does Thursday go?' and 'Pilawuk: When I was Young'. She’s received six Notable Awards and many of her titles have been translated. She has been writing fulltime for 18 years and lives with her husband in Glenelg, SA.
Latest book:
Too Tight, Benito! (picture book)
Little Hare, Illustrator: Judith Rossell, Surry Hills, NSW, 2008
Benito is a bear who discovers he’s grown too large for his cubby-hole. He sets off to find another. He discovers others but none are right. Ants’ holes are too small for example, and foxes’ lairs are too smelly. So on he goes until, in the dark woods, he locates the perfect cubby-hole! However, the woods are full of shadows and ‘snappity twigs’ so Benito scampers back to the safety of his own place and dives into his cubby-hole – only to get stuck halfway. When he wriggles, though, he notices that a little dirt falls down. Soon Benito has wriggled and dug until he has a cubby-hole – that’s the perfect size!
Sample bibliography:
Columbia Sneezes! (picture book)
Columbia Sneezes! (picture book), Adelaide SA, 2008
Oddball
Walker Books, Newtown NSW, 2008
Elephant Mountain
Penguin Books (Aussie Bites), Camberwell VIC, 2008
Cross-Currents
Lothian/ Hachette-Livre, Sydney/London/New York, 2007
Hoosh! Camels in Australia
ABC Books, Sydney, 2005
Genres:
Middle childhood, Non-fiction, Picture book, Poetry, Other
Contact author:
Janeen Brian
Email: janeen@janeenbrian.com
Phone: (08) 82945703
Address: 11 Short Ave, Glenelg East, SA 5045
Available for:
school visits
The SA Writers' Centre is assisted by the South Australian Government through Arts SA, and the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory bodies.