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Cate James Illustrator

About Cate

Cate is an award-winning illustrator and printmaker from Sydney and Edinburgh. When she's not working in her Northern Beaches studio she will be most likely be in a print workshop, a school or a swimming pool. Cate likes to stay artistically active and to encourage and inspire new generations of artists. She works as a mentor to emerging illustrators, a lecturer, a print technician and visits schools to talk about illustration.

Illustrator: Over 40 published picture books with Penguin Random House, Affirm Press, Walker Books, Scholastic and more.

To book a visit for your school or library please contact Booked Out Speakers Agency


University of New South Wales: Academic - teaching in the printmaking and screen printing workshops. 2023 to date

University of New South Wales: Technical Officer in printmaking and screen printing workshops. 2018 to date

Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity: Illustrator in Residence 2013-2017

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