Book Launch - Craig Cormick
5:30pm Saturday 25 June
ABOUT THE EVENT
The Book Cow are super excited to be hosting the launch by Julie Long OAM of Canberra author Craig Cormick's latest book What If History of Australia - Colonial Settlement: France vs Britain.
The What If Histories of Australia imagines a very different history of Australia, where the unexpected happens in unexpected ways. Starting by defining the real histories, the book then looks at possible paths of different settlements that history could have taken.
Beautifully illustrated by Cheri Hughes, this book will get kids thinking what if.... history had taken a different turn?? A great way to learn history but also to promote imagination.
What if Captain Cook’s ship sank when it hit the Great Barrier Reef in 1770?
And what if the French settled Australia first? And what if King Louis 16th and Napoleon both ended up here, fighting over who was the rightful ruler in exile?
And then the British arrived… A very different and amusing history of Australia, where the unexpected happens in unexpected ways.
An amusing look at the alternative paths that Australian history might have taken.
Craig Cormick is an award-winning author and science communicator, with a special interest in history. He has lived in Iceland and Finland and has travelled to Antarctica four times – though he really prefers the tropics. He has written over 30 books for adults and children and he enjoys messing with history just about as much as history enjoys messing with him.
Cheri Hughes was born in Japan and raised in both the U.S. and Japan. She studied design in Japan and specialises in illustration. Even as a small child, and prior to any studies, she always knew what she would be doing and that involved creating a world through visual interpretation. Cheri illustrated two books with author Robert Vescio (Big Sky Publishing) Barnaby and the Lost Treasure of Bunnyville and Ella Saw the Tree. Her first was No Matter Who We’re With.
Venue
The Book Cow Bookshop
Lava Espresso Bar, Eyre Street Markets
34 Eyre Street
Kingston, ACT 2604