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Trees Workshops and Exhibition

February 25th, 2026

Next week is all about trees, nature and art… I’ll be in Torquay with the The Children’s Bookshow  and the Devon Wildlife Trust, reading my book ‘The Tree’, and running collage workshops with children in schools – which will then be exhibited in Torquay Library – hopefully over 130 artworks! And every child attending will […]

Illustrator and author Neal Layton introduces his event at the Isle of Wight Story Festival 2025. Everyone’s talking about artificial intelligence but what exactly is it? This fun and accessible picture book helps tech savvy kids aged 6+ make sense of AI and understand why their human brain is so very special.

All aboard the Bookbus!

July 26th, 2024

National Literacy Trust have made an amazing Early Years writing resource based around Stanley’s Stick, and it’s FREE. Please share with any educators who might be interested! With awe inspiring music written by Northern Chamber Orchestra You can find the resource here.

Meet the Author

May 20th, 2024

A short introduction to Neal’s upcoming Meet the Author sessions with Hampshire School Library Service.

The Tree

March 6th, 2023

Lovely thoughtful review of my book The Tree…

New Book Alert!

January 18th, 2023

Ventnor Fringe Festival

July 22nd, 2022

Really looking forward to appearing #ventnorfringe festival next week… on a BOOKBUS! Along with LOADS of cool stuff… More details to follow…https://t.co/w174kdv088 — Neal Layton (@LaytonNeal) July 21, 2022

Educational Writers’ Award

November 16th, 2021

  So excited to learn that A Climate in Chaos has been shortlisted for the @ALCS_UK Educational Writers’ Award nestling amongst a fantastic selection… 👇 I couldn’t have made this book without help from Dr James G Dyke, Dr Huw Lewis Jones,  Liza Miller, Sophie Stericker, Namishka Doshi, Alison Eldred, Arena Illustration and of course my publisher Wren […]

Neal’s Store

November 8th, 2021

Now online – an occasional place to purchase Neal’s artworks and other sundry – Neal’s Store!

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