Apologies to Mr. Gorey
Barnes Children's Literature Festival with Lauren Child…
This year I'm doing an event on May 14th at the Barnes Children's Literature Festival 2016 with Lauren Child, speaking about working together designing her books. We'll be talking about Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean and Ruby Redfort, among other things.
There will be plenty of behind the scenes info and anecdotes, like the day I set some type at 24pt leading when Lauren had actually requested 23pt! There's plenty more where that came from.
Lola illustration © Lauren Child.
The moose on the book shelf…
I found an unfinished moose head trophy in a box and have added it to a low shelf in the hall. It makes a nice change from the paperbacks languishing there.
Moose book end.
I really can't work with you hovering like that…
Working at my temporary desk in Australia, overlooking the water. Watercolour dries very quickly when it's 37 degrees celsius. Photographs made by Jemma Tonges.
Treasure Island ahoy…
Copies of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson arrived today. I'm very pleased to have added some illustrations throughout this great text, one I've loved since I read it when I was ten.
Sydney workshop in the bag...
Next week...
Didn't know you could draw? You'd be surprised. Come by the Childrens Bookshop in Beecroft, Sydney, for a workshop on drawing and storytelling with pictures. It's for 8-10 year olds who like drawing or didn't know they had it in them. Or just come along to say hi if you like. Contact the bookshop to book a place
tel: 02 9481 8811
Dropping by to say hi is informal.
Scenes from a shopping arcade...
When you least expect it...
Some nice lettering comes into view.
I think it's a cat...
Christmas cracker from last year. The hats were perfectly good.
That's ok, you can have it.