Mammoth Academy in Japanese! (Thanks to Andy Sharp at Hodder for the photo)

Last weekend I was invited to paint a mural at the Discover centre as part of The Big Draw, the world’s biggest drawing festival. This year’s theme was ‘every drawing tells story’ so I drew an enormous ‘Batholomew Bear’, surrounded by lots of bees and flowers, to help highlight the current plight of bees. We didn’t have long, only 2 and […]

Last week I was invited to speak at a ‘Power of Reading’ conference, run by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education. It was really inspiring to meet all the teachers there, and see the valuable work CLPE does. Thank you for inviting me, and for the warm welcome! The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education is a charity that provides training […]

Thanks to all who came to the recent event with Michael Rosen at Pickled Pepper Books– what fun we all had! Orginal artwork from the ‘Rover’ books will remain on display in the bookshop through October. Last heard the bookshop still has a handful of books signed by Michael and myself (although these are going fast!) Opening hours are: 9.15am […]

Recently I’ve been getting a few questions about how I make my illustrations, so I thought I’d post these magazine articles where I talk a bit about my process. The first is for ‘Books for Keeps’ where I talk generally about my picture making, and the other is for ‘Advanced Photoshop Magazine’ where I talk […]

‘On Thursday 2nd July Chichester High School for Girls had the illustrator / author Neal Layton visit the library. We were joined by three local primary schools who we have been working with on a transition project. ‘Neal’s talk was fascinating. He talked about the books he had written and illustrated the materials he uses […]

Stanley’s Stick is now available in Chinese…!

Delighted to be included in the impressive line up at the Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival last week. Great to work alongside Cressida Cowell again, a big thanks to the organisers, and all who came along to the event! Here’s a few pictures…  

The first copies of Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed have arrived! ‘What a great pairing: uproarious comic fiction with hundreds of illustrations…’ – The Bookseller Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed is written by Michael Rosen and published by Bloomsbury Childrens Books in June.

Some photos of Michael Rosen’s recent visit to the Central Library in Portsmouth. Speed drawing, keep up Neal…! Signing books after the event with a well earnt cuppa. At the Guildhall with some of the orignal artworks from the Rover books.