Gavin Bishop
Gavin Bishop ONZM (born 1946), is an author and illustrator, from Invercargill, New Zealand.[1] He is known for illustrating books from prominent New Zealand authors, including Joy Cowley and Margaret Mahy.[2][3] Bishop's first published picture book was Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant, published in 1981 by Oxford University Press.
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| Born | Invercargill, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Canterbury University |
| Spouse | Vivien Bishop |
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Bishop worked as a high school art teacher for thirty years, before writing and illustrating children's books full-time.[1]
Select honours and awards
- 2018 - Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award for Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story at the New Zealand Children's Book Awards[4]
- 2013 – Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Children's Literature.[5]
- 2013 – Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award[6]
- 2013, 2000, 1994, 1983 – New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, winner of the picture book category.
- 2010, 2008, 2006, 1982 – LIANZA Russell Clark Medal for Illustration.[7]
- 2000 – Margaret Mahy Medal for Services to Children's Literature.[8]
- 1984 – Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations, Grand Prize.[9]
Select bibliography
- 2018 – Cook's Cook Limited Edition, 40pp, ISBN 978-1-776572-04-5 [10]
- 2018 - Cook's Cook, 40pp, ISBN 978-1-776572-04-5 [11]
- 2017 - Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story (Penguin)
- 2017 - Helper and Helper, 128pp, ISBN 978-1-776571-05-5 [12]
- 2010 – Counting the Stars: Four Maori Myths
- 2010 – Friends: Snake & Lizard, Joy Cowley, Gecko Press (illustrator)
- 2010 – Cowshed Christmas (illustrator)
- 2010 – There Was a Crooked Man
- 2009 – Piano Rock: A 1950s Childhood
- 2008 – Rats!
- 2008 – Snake & Lizard (illustrator)
- 2007 – Riding the Waves: four Maori Myths
- 2006 – Te Waka
- 2006 – Kiwi Moon
- 2005 – Taming the Sun: Four Maori Myths
- 2004 – The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- 2002 – Tom Thumb
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See also
References
- Gavin Bishop. "About Me". Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- Mahy, Margaret. Mister Whistler. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781877579363. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- Cowley, Joy. Friends: Snake and Lizard. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781877467950. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- "Past Winners | New Zealand Book Awards Trust". www.nzbookawards.nz. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- Rebecca Kitteridge (31 December 2012). "New Year Honours List 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand). Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- "Gavin Bishop". The Arts Foundation. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- "LIANZA Russell Clark Illustration Award". Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- Gavin Bishop. "Awards".
- "Gavin Bishop". Gecko Press. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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