Sami Bayly

Award winning Australian author and illustrator with @HachetteKidsANZ
For bookings and events, contact Booked Out Speakers Agency @bkdout

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Everyone knows you can’t choose a favourite child and I’ve learnt that choosing a favourite peculiar pair is just as tough! So a few special friends have come along to share their favourite partnerships with you (that way I don’t feel as guilty) 😉

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I thought it was about time I updated my headshot 📸 and where better than the amazing Pilliga Sandstone Caves!

Big thanks to Ryan Kincaid for taking it ☺️

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Have you ever wondered how I get the line drawings from my books ready for print?
Well check out this timelapse video where I edit some of my pen illustrations into individual files ready to be placed onto the pages.
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Merry Christmas everyone 💚

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Well… have you 😉

Can you get them all right? #elfontheshelf #ElfOnAShelf

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@experimentbooks 🤩🤩🤩

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Special words from a very inspirational man.
Animal art by me, painted with watercolours for my book (The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Extinct Animals) which also features some critically endangered creatures 💚

Post inspired by Rachel Brooks

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@NatCentAusChLit Thanks guys 🥰 hope you love the next one I’m working on too!

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More stories from the 'unloved' creatures of the world 🐢❤️
#animals #nature #environment #animalart #art #scientificillustration #watercolour #painting #illustration #sawfish #largetoothsawfish #helmetedhornbill #ibis #binchicken #softshellturtle #uglyanimals

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WOW. What a year…

Now onto my next book 😆

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Testing out my new art book with a graphite drawing of a banksia seed pod.
The lovely ladies of the upper Hunter teachers association gifted me this beautiful sketch book the other week.

It was nice to get some drawing done again before I start the next book!

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@NatCentAusChLit 🥰 my absolute pleasure

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Some powerful insights into some of the special animals from my new extinct book.
Swipe across and have a read.

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@Schooldaysmag Wooo! Thanks so much for sharing and reviewing 🤩

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Don’t forget to go and show them some love by purchasing a book in support. I guarantee you’ll find something you love ❤️

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I missed posting about #loveyourbookshopday yesterday, but shout out to the many, many fabulous bookstores who really do an incredible job for readers across the globe.

I really couldn’t have done it without them.

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@Schooldaysmag @HachetteKidsANZ Aw no! I’d love to do an event there one day in the future ☺️

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Today was filled with book signings across North Sydney (BookFace St Ives, Harry Hartog Macquarie Park and BookFace Northbridge) and a fun workshop at Manly Library ☺️

BookFace at St Ives even let me do a portrait of the beautiful dodo 🦤 what do you think?