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Hollywood eyes up Taupō author/illustrator's work for animated movie

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Weekend writer·Bay of Plenty Times·
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Donovan Bixley has a tuft of wayward blonde hair that's standing vertical, and he's dressed in a T-shirt that he designed, with a black-and-white pussycat's face sewn on it.

But it's not just any old tom, it's Claude D'Bonair, the scarf-wearing Parisian pilot in the cat air corps, from his adventure book series Flying Furballs.

Bixley's flashed up on to our shared Zoom screen, sitting in his office.

Behind him are his piano, saxophone and a canvas of his own

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