A collection of  perfect presents to buy from creative local businesses including signed books by Neal Layton, prints by Sadie Tierney , The Zest Direct team, Bonzo, and vintage seasonal clothing along with Santa’s castle grotto and a band of merry elves, carol singing, mulled wine to drink, roasted chestnuts and mince pies to eat! Saturday, November 19 at […]

Stanley’s Stick has been nominated for The Clip Kate Greenaway Medal! The Kate Greenaway Medal was established in 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for children. It is named after the popular nineteenth century artist known for her fine children’s illustrations and designs. You can read the list of all the nominated books here…

Claire Sambrook from the Strong Island blog popped into visit Neal Layton and Sadie Tierney at their home/workplace last week. You can read the full interview here, and see more of Claire’s photos here.      

  An interview with Neal created by the excellent Apple and the Egg Children’s Book blog.

llustr8or is a visual literacy project working with schools to enhance learning through the art of visual storytelling. 8 well known children’s book illustrators, including Neal, will start 8 different stories and a number of schools will take it in turns spending a day creating their own next page to all the stories. Click the link […]

An original piece of artwork from the forthcoming new Emily Brown book, ‘Cheer Up Your Teddy Bear, Emily Brown’ is up for charity auction! The funds generated from the sales are to help the work of two children’s charities, Chance UK and Trusts for African Schools (TAS). The sale also includes artworks by  Oliver Jeffers,  David Roberts, […]

A Comic Strip Review of Just the Right Size by Nicola Davies and Neal Layton…  

Bartholomew and Bug makes it’s TV debut! The book is being read in the bedtime hour on the CBeebies channel. The show airs on the 4th July between 6 and 7 and the books are usually read around 6.40…

There’s an Emily Brown artwork for sale in the Angels and Urchins Charity auction! All proceeds go to Great Ormond Street Hospital. Happy bidding! http://www.angelsandurchins.co.uk/auctions/

A review of Stanley’s Stick from We Love This Book, The Bookseller‘s sister consumer magazine and website.