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Half way through the year - how are we doing?

June 24, 2025

Hello everyone, As promised I want to share a meaty-ish reflection ahead of taking a few weeks off and I want to focus on the large question of ‘how is...

A few small updates ahead of a big reflection

June 16, 2025

Hello everyone, I wanted to share a couple of small updates this week. In the next newsletter I’ll be sharing a half year update with some progress against...

It's here - the new book!

June 10, 2025

I have been wanting to write this email for AGES: Tall Poppy #12, our second book of 2025 is here. We Were Just Little Boys is a book by Tace Stevens/Tall...

The ocean in between the waves

June 2, 2025

Hello everyone, Today I’m writing to you from an all-boys school where I’m working full time this week and next. Over June there’s both an opportunity and a...

To show, or not to show?

May 28, 2025

Hello everyone, This week I want to focus on my own art work - rather than the work I’m doing as a publisher/educator. As most of you know, I’ve been making...

The Big Book Fair report + next steps

May 21, 2025

Hello everyone! I’ve just returned from the USA and I am buzzing - a combination of good sleep on the plane, a good coffee at home and getting a bunch of...

Tokyo Report

May 5, 2025

Hello everyone! Thanks for your patience as I think it’s been about two weeks since the last newsletter and it’s been a busy time for your friend Matt, the...

Thinking about working

April 23, 2025

Hello everyone, I don’t have a ton of updates to share this week. My roadtrips were good, I think broadly productive, and this week and next week I’m...

A short break between

April 16, 2025

Hello everyone, Today I’m in Broken Hill, a large town that’s pretty much the start of the outback in Australia. North or West from here leads you to fairly...

The Sydney Report

April 10, 2025

Hello everyone, Today I’m writing to you from the backyard of my girlfriend’s cousin. I’m staying here while working on our next book We Were Just Little...

Quarter year reflections: the die is cast

April 1, 2025

Hello everyone, This will be a somewhat complex newsletter as I’m feeling a bit down about the how the business is going at the moment. Apologies in advance...

Watching the trees grow

March 26, 2025

In my small courtyard garden, at the front of my home, along with many other plants, I have four trees growing in pots. A magnolia my girlfriend and I bought...

Lots of wins, but still a way to go

March 19, 2025

Hello everyone, I’m happy to say that, so far, this week has had a lot of wins, a lot of progress and some really nice making it work while working for...

A Tale of Two Cities

March 13, 2025

This past week has been a huge series of ups and downs, and I’ll keep things a bit shorter today. The downs are more recent, and I might start there and get...

What I have done with more time

March 6, 2025

I’m guilty of being a bit panicky this week. Last week I shared that I wanted to do more substitute teaching work, but I haven’t really been able to do that...

A bit of stressin'

February 26, 2025

What a week! A lot of random stressful things happened but I think we’re all ahead of it now, but gosho! First of all: I should be doing some more CRT work -...

WHAT A BIG WEEK!

February 18, 2025

Hello everyone, It has been a MASSIVE week over at Matty Dunne Head Quarters. Pretty much all great stuff. So, first of all, Tall Poppy Press’ FIRST BOOK for...

Working a day job

February 11, 2025

Well, I am now working a day job again - being a substitute teacher (or supply teacher for UK based folks, or relief teacher or CRT). For me, given that...

Locking it in

February 5, 2025

Hello everyone, I wrote a few weeks ago that I felt both like the year had started but also things weren’t really kicking off. I was planning a lot but not...

6 months bought me 12

January 28, 2025

Hello everyone, I want to start this email with some clarity - my (mostly) successful 6 month experiment being a full time artists was successful enough to...