{"id":962,"date":"2011-01-11T19:33:17","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T05:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/halsteadpress.com.au\/site\/?p=962"},"modified":"2022-05-19T16:50:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T02:50:03","slug":"the-monster-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halsteadpress.com.au\/site\/the-monster-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monster is back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/halsteadpress.com.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/monstercover-small4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-563 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/halsteadpress.com.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/monstercover-small4.jpg\" alt=\"Monster That Ate Canberra cover\" width=\"200\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">The loveable, hungry\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Monster That Ate Canberra\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">is back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>By popular demand a sculpture of Alexander the Bunyip now graces the new Gungahlin Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>And to celebrate, a new updated edition of the\u00a0<strong>Monster That Ate Canberra\u00a0<\/strong>has been<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>released<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>by Halstead Press, 39 years after author<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and illustrator<strong>\u00a0Michael Salmon\u00a0<\/strong>first let the Bunyip loose on the capital\u2019s iconic buildings.<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0 mark the return of the Monster, the National Library of Australia hosted\u00a0<strong>Bunyip Day<\/strong><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>More than 300 school children, teachers and friends of the Library enjoyed stories, cartoons and other fun with author\u00a0<strong>\/<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>illustrator\u00a0<strong>Michael Salmon<\/strong><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>Director-General of the NLA, Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, welcomed the author but was relieved that the Bunyip\u2014with his tendency to munch on large buildings\u2014was nowhere in sight!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Salmon<\/strong>\u00a0said he was surprised and delighted when he first heard about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/the-riotact.com\/the-bunyip-unveiled\/42914\">a street sculpture<\/a>\u00a0to honour the Bunyip.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I never expected Alexander Bunyip\u00a0 to have a bronze sculpture\u2019 he said \u2018but it\u2019s wonderful news.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Parents, children and grandchildren have all enjoyed the antics of Alexander Bunyip as he turns Lake Burley Griffin into his very own billabong, mistakes the National Art Gallery for a \u2018big, fat, juicy hamburger\u2019 and Parliament House for a pizza. Perhaps it\u2019s also the final page image of a familiar silver-haired PM tucked into bed with teddy and a copy of \u2018<em>How to Win Friends and Influence People\u2019<\/em>\u00a0that accounts for the enduring appeal of the Monster to adults\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0children.<\/p>\n<p>The ACT government commissioned\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.canberratimes.com.au\/news\/local\/news\/general\/a-beloved-character-comes-to-still-life\/2133747.aspx\">the sculpture<\/a>, by Anne Ross, but the idea to memorialise Canberra\u2019s own monster, came from the local community\u2014Alan Kerlin, President of the\u00a0Gungahlin Community Council.<\/p>\n<p>In another local link Michael Salmon dedicates the book to his grandfather, Canon W. J. Edwards, first headmaster of Canberra Grammar School, 1928.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>The Monster that Ate Canberra<\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0by Michael Salmon<br \/>\nPaperback, <\/em><\/strong><strong>RRP $16.95<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new updated edition of the Monster That Ate Canberra has been released by Halstead Press, 39 years after author and illustrator Michael Salmon first let the Bunyip loose on the capital\u2019s iconic buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,6,5,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-image","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-halstead-press-2","8":"tag-michael-salmon","9":"tag-monster-that-ate-canberra","10":"tag-new-release","11":"post_format-post-format-image"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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