IBBY Australia Mini Masterpiece Art Auction November 2023

 

Just look at all the wonderful names on this card! Yes, that really is Bob Graham, Jeannie Baker and Phil Bunting plus so many others.

Mini Masterpiece Auction

Mark the dates in your diary NOW

IBBY Australia is running an online auction of postcard sized ‘Mini Masterpieces’ as a fundraiser. Tasters from Australian illustrators Ann James, Jess Racklyeft, Jeannie Baker, Jonathan Bentley, Sean Avery can be viewed online. 

More images will be added as they are submitted – bidding starts at just $75 and will run from 18 November – 1 December. 

Find your favourite today!

These post cards will make splendid gifts - Christmas, a new baby, for a library and of course for all fans of children's books. They will look fabulous framed and hung on your wall.

Read about IBBY Australia here.

Along with original pieces created just for us the art auction has original art pieces from or based on illustrations from these books ...

The Concrete Garden

Read about Ann James

Frank's Red Hat

Cub and Brown

We sent our IBBY invitation to 100+ Australian Children's book illustrators and so we are thrilled to have nearly 40 art pieces for our auction.

Each year, IBBY Australia must pay a membership fee to remain part of the international IBBY organisation. Formed in 1966, IBBY Australia is one of 80 National sections of IBBY. 

IBBY is a nonprofit organization that helps to build bridges to international understanding through children’s books. As you may know, IBBY Australia promotes Australian authors and illustrators by submitting their work for several IBBY administered international awards, including:

• The Hans Christian Andersen Award

• IBBY Honour Book List

• the Silent Books collection 

• the Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities list 

Take a look at our Pinterest here where you can see past HCAA Nominees and winners and Ena Noel award winners and our Honour books. 

You might also like to read about The Silent Books collection here. We are thrilled that our nominee The Boy and the Elephant was accepted for the 2023 collection.