Tristan Bancks – ‘Bancks’ Ginger Meggs!
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Ginger Meggs has been a feature of daily newspapers now for over 100 years. In fact, this year marks the centenary of the birth of Ginger, originally created by Jimmy Bancks.
To commemorate this occasion, a brand new edition of four Ginger Meggs adventures has been published by Penguin written by the great great nephew of Jimmy Bancks- Tristan Bancks– himself a a popular and successful author of children’s and young adult books. With illustrations by the strip’ current illustrator Jason Chatfield, it is a handsome, hardback quality paper production that a wonderful tribute to this little Aussie redhead.
I spoke with Tristan on the week of the book’s publication, which he had just launched with much fanfare ( and cream cake) at Sydney Writers Festival.
Tristan Bancks Interview
