Steve Parish Publishing

Steve Parish launches his online print gallery

Steve Parish invites you to visit his new online print gallery, offering Australian nature prints on paper or canvas. These galleries showcase the diversity of Steve’s photography over a fifty year period. The galleries are currently centred around the themes of fauna, flora and landscape, and also include a black and white selection. Over time we will expand these to include other themes.

In addition to the general galleries we will display feature galleries, starting with Australian National Parks. This gallery will illustrate the innate beauty and unmistakable allure of the Australian landscape, flora and fauna that is protected in our national parks. This gallery will be released in conjunction with our first interactive digital book for tablet devices: National Parks, Our Australian Landscape.

Head to www.steveparishexhibits.com.au to visit Steve’s galleries, and buy a piece of Australia to hang on your wall today.

If you would like to receive notification of gallery updates and special offers, please click here to subscribe.

Authored by: Emma

Join Author Leesa Smith for the Launch of Emu Dancing

Leesa Smith, author of the picture book Emu Dancing, illustrated by Indigenous artist Debbie Taylor and distributed by Steve Parish Publishing, will be launching her book at Burpengary Library on Monday 28 March 2011 at 11.30 am.

All are welcome, but bookings are recommended. Phone 3888 5366 to book.

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See Steve in Action at Southport on 11 March

Steve Parish is thrilled to be the guest speaker at a YHES HOUSE Fundraiser at Southport, Queensland, on Friday 11 March 2011 at 6.30 pm.

YHES is a registered charity that provides support for the Gold Coast's homeless, disadvantaged and "at risk" young people, and tickets are just $75, are tax deductible, and include dinner. The event will be held at the Southport Sharks Football Club, Musgrave Avenue, Southport.

Steve will be speaking about his career as a wildlife photographer and presenting a slideshow of his favourite images, but will also talk about how the people we encounter can inspire us and change our lives.

Visit http://www.yhes.org.au/blog/ for more information or to book, or email rehana@adcockmanagement.com.au

Authored by: karin cox

Ebook titles now available!

Steve Parish Publishing is proud to announce the release of our first ebook titles. Ten ebooks, all from one of our most-popular children's book ranges, are now available from the Apple iStore for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch in Australia, Canada, US, UK, France and Germany, with more to follow in 2011.

The converted titles are: 

Bam the Bat
Gus has a Gap
Dingo Dan
Sam Snake 
Min Min Mouse 
Kitkit Koala 
Hip Hop the Frog 
Gecko Gang
Pitpat Possum
Harry's Hat

All titles retail at just AU$2.99, except for Min Min Mouse which has a special new-release price of just 99c, so be sure to let overseas relatives and friends know they can now access Steve Parish Publishing children's product affordably for electronic devices, rather than have to pay the postage to ship paper copies internationally.

Authored by: karin cox

Get in Quick to Meet Steve in Person

There are still some tickets left to meet Steve Parish and hear him talk about 50 years of photographing Australia at the Palace Barracks Cinemas, 61 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, on 26 November 2010 ... but get in quick before they sell out!

The gala charity event to celebrate Steve's five decades of travelling and photographing this great southern land will assist the excellent work of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queesland. Tickets cost $35 and include complimentary canapes and book signings and the opportunity to chat to Steve and Wildlife Preservation Society staff following Steve’s presentation. Book online at www.wildlife.org.au, email wpsq@wildlife.org.au or telephone (07) 3221 0194.

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Pop into Riverbend Books for Pop-up Fun

With three-dimensional movies, games, apps and even televisions being touted as the next big thing in entertainment, Steve Parish Publishing is reminding Australians that kids have enjoyed 3D in real life for decades! Everybody knows that small children love interactivity, whether the traditional pop-up variety or newer interactive Apps and eBooks, but with the new Steve Parish Publishing Animals in My World range specifically designed to offer sturdy, clever pop-ups, flaps and fun rhyming text, small kids just can’t resist the traditional 3D fun. Best of all, there are no batteries or 3D glasses required!

All four of these delightful, affordable children’s books are cleverly created to provide stimulating colour and content that will engage young minds, and all four will be launched by Riverbend Books, 193 Oxford Street, Bulimba, on Tuesday 23 November at 4 pm.

Illustrated by talented artist Thomas Hamlyn-Harris, and incorporating elements of Steve Parish’s spectacular wildlife photography, the books feature fun rhyming text written by Jodi Hamlyn-Harris and are based on themes that help kids learn while enjoying popping out the clever artwork. Both Thomas and Jodi will be at the launch to deliver book readings, book signings and fun activities for kids. So pop along to Riverbend on the 23 November for some good old, hands-on 3D fun.

Authored by: karin cox

Steve's Slideshows

Steve has been very busy the past few months, travelling Australia to reshoot this vast continent. So far this year he's been enchanted by the Kimberley coast and the region's rugged ranges, flown over Lake Eyre (which, as you've probably heard is filling this year, creating some wonderful watery shots) and visited the stark South Australian outback and the wonderful, snow-covered Australian Alps.

He has also been in Melbourne and Adelaide, conducting kids photographic workshops and marvelling at the sheer intelligence, passion and enthusiasm of kids these days, particularly when it comes to wildlife and conservation. Next week Steve is flying to Perth and the South-West, on to Broome and again to Kimberley and then the Northern Territory. What with all that travelling and the release of his once-in-a-lifetime memoir and photographic journey of five decades, Steve Parish: 50 Years Photographing Australia, it sure has been a busy year so far!

As if that's not enough, he's also been taking some of his latest images and turning them into evocative slideshows set to the serene music of talented musician Robert Boyd. These fascinating photographs set to music provide a nice recreational break from the mundane day-to-day, so take the time to view them and reflect on your connection with nature here.

Authored by: karin cox
Links: See slideshows here

Steve Parish Publishing supports Paddy Pallin Foundation's 'Don’t Bag the Environment' Fundraising Campaign

Paddy Pallin established the ‘Don’t Bag the Environment’ program in 1992 as a means by which they could make a positive contribution to reducing unnecessary packaging from their stores. To encourage you to support their efforts, every time you decline a bag with your purchase at Paddy Pallin, they will donate 20 cents towards a project that helps conserve Australia’s natural heritage.

‘Don’t Bag the Environment’ aims to:
• Reduce packaging waste, so that less rubbish finds its way into our bushland and waterways.
• Conserve energy resources that would otherwise be used in the manufacture of the bags.
• Reduce the use of landfill tips, thereby retaining land for native wildlife habitats.
• Support environmental projects by raising funds to assist them.
• All proceeds go directly to the nominated beneficiary, which is changed every six months.
• Naturally, you are welcome to make a personal donation at any Paddy Pallin store or at www.paddypallinfoundation.org.au

Numbat Radio-Tracking Project
From April – September 2010 all funds collected from the 'Don’t Bag the Environment' program will be donated to Numbat conservation and supporting the Numbat radio-tracking project. The Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) is Western Australia’s mammal emblem, but is sadly listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It once existed across much of southern Australia but by the 1980s only two small populations, comprising around 300 individuals, could be found in south-west Western Australia. The devastating reduction in distribution was attributed to the introduction of the European red fox, changes in fire regimes and land clearing. Recovery efforts have been implemented and include fox baiting, translocation of wild Numbats to establish new populations, and a captive-breeding program.

The recovery efforts have seen an appreciable increase in numbers and successful re-introductions into six conservation areas and two fenced sanctuaries. Despite this, the Numbat remains at risk of extinction and feral cats present a real threat to Numbat populations at present. Ongoing research initiatives from the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) include a radio-tracking project managed by Dr Tony Friend (Principal Research Scientist). The project is an annual affair that has taken place in Dryandra Woodland near Narrogin since 2006. A family of Numbats are fitted with radio-tracking collars and their movements monitored by four radio-tracking towers erected in the mother’s home range. The data collected will hopefully gain insight into the juveniles’ use of their mother’s home range prior to dispersal. Driving surveys are another key aspect of the project. As many numbats as possible are found and fitted with radio-tracking collars so they can be periodically monitored throughout the life of each Numbat to gain further information. Some of these collared Numbats are re-caught at later stages and released in other locations, while others are re-caught to supplement the Perth Zoo’s captive-breeding program. Ultimately, the radio-tracking project has many benefits for Numbat conservation efforts and will hopefully help ensure the survival of this remarkable and beautiful little marsupial.

Steve Parish Publishing is proud to support such a worthy cause and encourages you to do the same. Visit the Paddy Pallin Foundation website.

Authored by: samgaghan