This week, we’re giving away two copies of Nutcote: Home of May Gibbs by Fiona Starr. May Gibbs – creator of the beloved gumnut babies Snugglepot and Cuddlepie – lived and worked at Nutcote, the harbourside home built for her in 1925, complete with the studio where she wrote and illustrated her later books and weekly comic strips. Produced by the Nutcote Trust to mark the home’s centenary, this 100-page full-colour book is part biography, part site tour, telling the story of May’s life and legacy largely through her own words and those of her husband and friends. Here’s the blurb:
Nutcote: Home of May Gibbs, a beautiful new book exploring the life and home of Australia’s beloved children’s author and illustrator, is now available.
May Gibbs, best known as the creator of gumnut babies Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, lived and worked at Nutcote. Built in 1925, Nutcote was designed for May and her husband to include the home studio where she wrote and illustrated her later books as well as her weekly comic strips.
Produced by the Nutcote Trust, which runs the museum, to celebrate the centenary of Nutcote, the new 100-page full-colour publication brings together rare archival material, historic photography and newly commissioned images.
Part biography, part site tour from front gate to waterfront, the book tells the story of May Gibbs’ life and the legacy of the home where she lived and worked for more than 40 years.
Author Fiona Starr worked closely with the Nutcote Trust and archival collections to develop this personal history of May Gibbs’ home largely told through May’s own words and those of her husband and friends.
If you’d like to win a copy, simply enter your details in the form below. Three lucky people will win a copy!
Entries close midday (Syd/Melb time) Monday 17 August 2026. Winners will be notified within a week of the competition closing.
GOOD LUCK!
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