The Adventures of Anders

WINNER: 2020 Ledger Awards, Gold Ledger

Anders, Bernie and Eden are best friends and are always on the lookout for new adventures. In these three exciting stories, discover an unknown comet, explore an extinct volcano and find your way through a castle maze.

'These stories make me wish I was a kid again.' TERRY DENTON

Winner of 44th Angouleme Festival International de la Bande Dessinee (44th Angouleme International Comics Festival) - ANDERS AND THE COMET 2016 (Australia)
Short-listed for Young Readers Selection 2017
Short-listed for Silver Ledger 2019

“"These stories make me wish I was a kid again." --Terry Denton”

PRAISE FOR ANDERS AND THE COMET:

'Imaginative and entertaining.' Magpies

'A delightful graphic novel.' Good Reading

'A sweet, funny...graphic novel that champions friendship, creativity and imagination...perfect for comic fans or reluctant readers.' Readings

PRAISE FOR ANDERS AND THE VOLCANO:

'The combination of congenial friendships, playful worldbuilding...and fantasy-tinged action should easily win this quirky crew some fans.' Publishers Weekly, UK

'It is easy to see the potential for Anders and the Volcano as a valuable addition to the classroom library...I can just see student sketch books filled with little Anders and Bernies...' Reading Time, Children's Book Council of Australia

'Me and my family have lent Anders to 5 people and they have all loved it. I have read it 3 times now and I still love it.' Moss, 8

Gregory Mackay has been making comics since school. He enjoys drawing and watercolour painting. He likes drawing aeroplanes and machines, as well as building models and painting pictures. Both Anders and the Comet and Anders and the Volcano, his first books for children, have also been published in France, and have been shortlisted for the Angouleme Festival, the most prestigious comics awards in Europe, acknowledging the best comics published across the world. Anders and the Comet was also the winner of Australia's Silver Ledger Award, and in 2018 Gregory undertook a six-month Australia Council for the Arts residency at the Keesing Studio at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris.

Anders, Bernie and Eden are best friends and are always on the lookout for new adventures. In these three exciting stories, discover an unknown comet, explore an extinct volcano and find your way through a castle maze. 'These stories make me wish I was a kid again.' TERRY DENTON

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