New Zealand children's book writer and illustrator
Gavin John 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.
Early life
Bishop was born on 13 February 1946 in Invercargill, to a Tainui and Ngāti Awa family.[4][5]
Career
Bishop worked as a high school art teacher for thirty years, before writing and illustrating children's books full-time.[1]
In 2006, he accused the makers of the Hollywood film Mr and Mrs Smith of plagiarizing his 1997 school book The Secret Lives of Mr and Mrs Smith.[6]
Select honours and awards
- 2022 – Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, the Nonfiction and Illustration awards for Atua[7]
- 2018 – Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award for Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story at the New Zealand Children's Book Awards[8]
- 2013 – Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Children's Literature.[9]
- 2013 – Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award[10]
- 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.[11]
- 2000 – Margaret Mahy Medal for Services to Children's Literature.[12]
- 1984 – Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations, Grand Prize.[13]
Select bibliography
- 2021 – Atua: Māori gods and heroes, 64pp (Picture Puffin) ISBN 9780143775690[14]
- 2020 – Mihi, 18pp, (Gecko Press) ISBN 9781776573028[15]
- 2018 – Cook's Cook Limited Edition, 40pp, (Gecko Press) ISBN 978-1-776572-04-5 [16]
- 2018 – Cook's Cook, 40pp, (Gecko Press) ISBN 978-1-776572-04-5 [17]
- 2017 – Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story (Penguin)
- 2017 – Helper and Helper, 128pp, (Gecko Press) ISBN 978-1-776571-05-5 [18]
- 2013 – Mister Whistler, 32pp, (Gecko Press) ISBN 9781877467929[19]
- 2012 – Koinei te Whare nā Haki i Hanga, 40pp, Māori translation of The House that Jack Built (Gecko Press) ISBN 9781877467790
- 2012 – The House that Jack Built, 40pp, (Gecko Press) ISBN 9781877467615[20]
- 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, Gecko Press (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
- 1982 – Mr. Fox, 32pp, (Oxford University Press) ISBN 0195580893
See also
References
- ^ a b Gavin Bishop. "About Me". Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Mahy, Margaret (21 October 2013). Mister Whistler. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781877579363. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Cowley, Joy (September 2011). Friends: Snake and Lizard. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781877467950. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Gavin Bishop". www.penguin.co.nz. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ "Interview with Gavin Bishop".
- ^ "Hollywood stole my story — Kiwi author". The Dominion Post. The Press. 2 March 2006. p. 1.
- ^ "'Atua: Māori gods and heroes' wins Margaret Mahy Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Atua by Gavin Bishop". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Mihi | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ Cook's Cook. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776572175. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Cook's Cook. Gecko Press. February 2017. ISBN 9781776571055. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Helper and Helper. Gecko Press. February 2017. ISBN 9781-776571-05-5. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "Mister Whistler | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "The House that Jack Built | Picture Books | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
External links
- Author website
- Gavin Bishop on Gecko Press's website
- Recent books
