LemurKat

LemurKat LemurKat is an author and illustrator with a love of the wild and whimsical. Angela "LemurKat" Oliver is a zoologist geek.

She considers herself an illustrator, not an artist, and draws every day, presenting her "Animal-a-day" project on social media. Her favourite subjects are birds, with lemurs running a close second. She has also written several books, including her Lemurs saga: it's epic fantasy with lemurs, and several for middle grade readers. When not writing or drawing, LemurKat enjoys reading, cooking or bird-watching.

Greetings faithful and patient followers! As NZ enters into lockdown and families are forced into solitary confinement, ...
24/03/2020

Greetings faithful and patient followers! As NZ enters into lockdown and families are forced into solitary confinement, the trick is, keeping yourself positive and alive in spirit as well as in body!
Have you ever said you would write a novel one day? Well, that day has come!
Ever said "oh I wish I could draw"? Now is the opportunity to learn.
Spend time with your families - for those not sharing confinement with you, there is always the telephone, or any manner of video chat groups. Write them emails! Connect with people digitally where you cannot socially.

Over the next few days/weeks I'll try and post a few things up here to keep you (and maybe the kids) entertained: coloring pages, drawing tutorials. It's going to be a testing time for families, but we can do this.

To begin, here's some lineart I drew many years ago. They are manakins. I do not know their species. Your challenge? Color them! If you crave accuracy, research first!

Kia Kaha!

All set up at the Tamariki book festival, Rauora park, Christchurch. The weather might be dicey but the coffee is warm a...
23/11/2018

All set up at the Tamariki book festival, Rauora park, Christchurch. The weather might be dicey but the coffee is warm and there's lots of fun to be had!
I'm doing my presentation on the Red Velvet stage at 11.20 and have a "draw (or colour) Tiriki" table set up too.

My books have arrived just in the nick of time for the festival! Normally $25 each, I shall be offering the bird books a...
16/11/2018

My books have arrived just in the nick of time for the festival! Normally $25 each, I shall be offering the bird books at 2 for $40.

As part of the Tamariki book festival I shall be raffling off this specially drawn illustration - as well as having colo...
16/11/2018

As part of the Tamariki book festival I shall be raffling off this specially drawn illustration - as well as having colouring pages so kids can colour in a Tiriki of their own, or for the older kids (and adults!), draw him!

We will have various colouring materials there including pens and pencils, donated by one of my lovely friends.

I am intending to launch my novel, "Tiriki's Great Escape" at the Tamariki Children's book festival on November 24th.Fin...
22/10/2018

I am intending to launch my novel, "Tiriki's Great Escape" at the Tamariki Children's book festival on November 24th.

Finished the illustrations for it today! Now it's off to the printers :)

For those of you facing Lemurkat withdraw symptoms, I've uploaded some short stories into my blog:http://blog.lemurkat.c...
13/05/2017

For those of you facing Lemurkat withdraw symptoms, I've uploaded some short stories into my blog:
http://blog.lemurkat.co.nz/index.php/publications/stories/

From time to time, I will upload short stories or extracts to this site. Please note that some of these may be password locked. Samplers: Tiriki’s Great Escape: The first chapter of my soon-t…

New jacket for Aroha's Grand Adventure.
20/04/2017

New jacket for Aroha's Grand Adventure.

Working on the new cover for Aroha's Grand Adventure. To the scanner we must go!
16/04/2017

Working on the new cover for Aroha's Grand Adventure. To the scanner we must go!

Getting there now... Lucie is not as helpful as she thinks she is!
03/04/2017

Getting there now... Lucie is not as helpful as she thinks she is!

Image is coming along. Takes a lot longer than my standard art cards!
02/04/2017

Image is coming along. Takes a lot longer than my standard art cards!

Work in progress.
01/04/2017

Work in progress.

31/03/2017

Tomorrow the NaNoWriMo journey begins again, with Camp NaNo. Also, I'm sketching out a cover for Tiriki's Great Escape - and I'm going to redesign Aroha's Grand Adventure so the two will match.
Goal: Have the proof ordered by June 1st. Wish me luck!

12/02/2017

After a year of almost no creative flow (aside from short swell in November), you may be pleased to hear that I have dug "Tiriki's Great Escape" out for a polish.

Last year, possibly due to my new-found addiction to Pokemon Go, or possibly my closer proximity to my workplace (thus r...
02/01/2017

Last year, possibly due to my new-found addiction to Pokemon Go, or possibly my closer proximity to my workplace (thus reducing my reading-and-walking time down to approximately 10 minutes from 40 mins a day), I only managed to read 102 books in 2016, a distinct drop from the 160 of 2015. This year I aim to do better, without resorting to reading a lot of picture books! [ 438 more words ]

http://blog.lemurkat.co.nz/index.php/2017/01/03/top-reading-picks-for-2016/

Last year, possibly due to my new-found addiction to Pokemon Go, or possibly my closer proximity to my workplace (thus reducing my reading-and-walking time down to approximately 10 minutes from 40 …

So, it comes to pass that 2016 is about to draw to a close. It has been a troubling year on the global scale: beloved ce...
31/12/2016

So, it comes to pass that 2016 is about to draw to a close. It has been a troubling year on the global scale: beloved celebrities have passed, as have prominent scientists and authors. Politics have been unsettling, as has the "revelation" that climate change may well lead the human race - and goodness knows how many other species - to extinction within the next decade. [ 252 more words ]

http://blog.lemurkat.co.nz/index.php/2016/12/31/obligatory-new-year-post/

  So, it comes to pass that 2016 is about to draw to a close. It has been a troubling year on the global scale: beloved celebrities have passed, as have prominent scientists and authors. Polit…

Day 20: 33,000 words in, and I'm giving up on this story. Stay tuned to see what I come up with instead.    'teasyhttp:/...
20/11/2016

Day 20: 33,000 words in, and I'm giving up on this story. Stay tuned to see what I come up with instead. 'teasy

http://blog.lemurkat.co.nz/index.php/2016/11/20/nanowrimo-2016-day-twenty/

I’m officially calling it quits, currently, for today/for now. The story has kind of burned out before it got anywhere, and I need to take a day of consideration before I either force myself …

Day 17: World building as we write - Tawny and Kataryna explore the Deadlands.    http://blog.lemurkat.co.nz/index.php/2...
16/11/2016

Day 17: World building as we write - Tawny and Kataryna explore the Deadlands.

http://blog.lemurkat.co.nz/index.php/2016/11/17/nanowrimo-2016-day-17/

Word Count: 1,638 Daily Reward: None (goal not achieved) – did sneak a few spoonfuls of Monday’s ice cream though! Verdict: Now Kataryna and Tawny have actually ventured out into the De…

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