💥I'm making my 'acting debut'! As well as painting LIVE, I'll be taking on various cameos in this fabulous trio of Hitchockian plays. Love a murder mystery? Don't miss me, Zeb Soanes & a host of other fab voices in this one-off gala showcase - Saturday in NORWICH!

#NewIllustrationoftheDay : charcoal and cutouts by Lauren Child. From Grey, with text by Laura Dockrill. The images are economical and a bit surreal and make ingenious use of the holes through pages. It's about not having to be cheerful all the time to be loved. Walker Picture Books.

#BookIllustrationOfTheDay is from “Ella Bella Ballerina and Swan Lake” (2010).

All my working life I’ve tried to celebrate & share my love of the Arts for children. I’ve loved creating these books.

Watch out for my final #60for60 on Sunday - a cover reveal for my new book!

I am enjoying working on the 2023 exhibitions checklist of #Blake for Blake Quarterly. The Pastorals of Virgil are often featured. How would you build an exhibition around this intense intimate wood engraving?

Do visit our #literacyschooloftheyear , such inspirational practice that drives forward a love of literacy.

Better pack your sou'westers #PrimarySchoolBookClub pals - we're off to stormy Auk Island!!! 🌊⛈️

Writers, teachers, readers of Y/A fiction - haven't we always known and said that there's a wealth of books that many adult readers have totally missed out on! But this is looking good ...
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Today I’m celebrating the fantastic new title from Lucy Strange: #TheIslandAtTheEdgeOfNight Something for lovers of brooding, gothic MG! Chicken House

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Fancy getting 25% discount on Gargoyles, Guardians of the Source (and other gorgeous books)?
Head over to The Rocketship Bookshop - famed for their colourful wrapping paper and stunning choice of children's titles 🚀📚✨️
Book lovers? This indie bookshop needs you! You know what to do 💖

#BookIllustrationOfTheDay is for a story by Zeb Soanes, 'Gaspard's Foxtrot' (2021) - where I cheekily popped in a self portrait of me with Toto & Diva! Such a lovely series to work on and Zeb is the BEST book-comrade!

Line, wash, pencil.

#60for60

I'm delighted that Gargoyles: Guardians of the Source has been included in the #PrimarySchoolBookClub April 2024 vote this evening 🥰📚✨️
If you like gothic mystery, adventure and ancient magic, head to #PrimarySchoolBookClub and vote now using the pinned tweet 🙏

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After our window was smashed on Saturday night we have had an overwhelming wave of support from customers and the book community asking how they can help. We have set up a gofundme page. Thank you so much for your love and support.

Diez-Album, Persia, C15th.

Lovely to meet Piu DasGupta 🐍💎 yesterday. Secrets of the Snakestone is a thrilling adventure that children will love. Absolutely perfect for reading aloud

Celebrating the work of Raymond Briggs at the Ditchling Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft. Exhibition curated by ⁦Katie McCurrach⁩ (right), co-curated by me (left), supplemented by the Ditchling team with treasures from Raymond’s home eg cupboard doors, desk, armchair, paper-mache dog.⁩

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WRDaboutbooks have kindly donated x15 school subscriptions.

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BROOMSTICKS AT THE READY It's #WALPURGISNACHT , the eve of May 1st, the feast day of St Walpurga; halfway to Halloween!! Marking the transition into spring #witches & #demons will gather to perform rituals & indulge in outrageous revelry! #GothicSpring #FairyTaleTuesday

The art of writing picture books for very young readers is explored in my new blog, featuring an interview with Caryl Hart. Caryl Hart, Children’s Author jackiemorris Nicola Davies Tamsin Rosewell Jo Tregenza President Elect UKLA SFHEA FCCT Teach Primary @WritingEM@thebookseller Early Learning HQ
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There’s still a few spaces left to attend ‘Manifesto for Black Futures’ on Friday 3 May at the Black Cultural Archives BCA Black to the Future

Catherine Johnson CatherineJohnson Michael Salu MichaelSalu and Debo Amon will be exploring the multiplicities and power of Black lives, the…

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . By Olivier Tallec. Winter scene with friends (squirrel and mushroom) making a snow mushroom. Tallec’s satisfying and decorative compositions convey humour, setting and nature economically. From his A Better Best Friend. Out tomorrow. ⁦Gecko Press⁩