Descended from the Bigambul people of South-West QLD, Dub Leffler is one of Australia’s most sought after illustrators of children’s literature. His award winning, best seller ’Once There Was a Boy’ - which he both wrote & illustrated, has attracted worldwide critical acclaim - now, in permanent collection at The Library of Congress in Washington Dc ,USA and has featured several times at The Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy.
He has written two books for children and is currently illustrating his 23nd title - called ‘Rocky & Louie’- co-penned by the lovely Raewyn Caisley & Phil-Walley Stack - it will be published by Penguin Random House come 2019.
Having travelled extensively both here and abroad, Dub has taught Illustration workshops everywhere from the Tiwi Islands to Scotland & the U.S. He has collaborated with the likes of Shaun Tan, Sally Morgan and Banksy. Dub’s latest illustrated book, ‘Sorry Day’, written by the wonderful Coral Vass & published by the fantastic, National Library of Australia, is out now in all good bookstores.
Workshop
Dub Leffler will share his experiences as an illustrator
After a successful Audition for Co-Puppeteer on the Yarramundi Kids television show airing on NITV,Dub went on to become Lead Animator/Designer and Compositer on the show.He even wrote the show's Opening Theme Song.
Dub's first job in the Media arts industry began at age 19 when he worked at the Aboriginal Nations Studio in Sydney as Assistant Animator. He was then promoted to Animator and then Background Artist shortly thereafter. Within 3 years he was handed his own film to Design,Co-Direct and Animate.The film was called "Just A Short Story" and dealt with the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Australia.It was the first Animation of its kind to deal with the subject
** We are extremely grateful to Dub for filling in at the last minute to replace Bronwyn Bancroft who has had to pull out due to personal circumstances.
He has written two books for children and is currently illustrating his 23nd title - called ‘Rocky & Louie’- co-penned by the lovely Raewyn Caisley & Phil-Walley Stack - it will be published by Penguin Random House come 2019.
Having travelled extensively both here and abroad, Dub has taught Illustration workshops everywhere from the Tiwi Islands to Scotland & the U.S. He has collaborated with the likes of Shaun Tan, Sally Morgan and Banksy. Dub’s latest illustrated book, ‘Sorry Day’, written by the wonderful Coral Vass & published by the fantastic, National Library of Australia, is out now in all good bookstores.
Workshop
Dub Leffler will share his experiences as an illustrator
After a successful Audition for Co-Puppeteer on the Yarramundi Kids television show airing on NITV,Dub went on to become Lead Animator/Designer and Compositer on the show.He even wrote the show's Opening Theme Song.
Dub's first job in the Media arts industry began at age 19 when he worked at the Aboriginal Nations Studio in Sydney as Assistant Animator. He was then promoted to Animator and then Background Artist shortly thereafter. Within 3 years he was handed his own film to Design,Co-Direct and Animate.The film was called "Just A Short Story" and dealt with the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Australia.It was the first Animation of its kind to deal with the subject
** We are extremely grateful to Dub for filling in at the last minute to replace Bronwyn Bancroft who has had to pull out due to personal circumstances.