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Okey, it’s the beginning of a new month, so I’m going to post a sketch every day for the next week. No chat from me, these doodles should...

in a certain whimsical mood…. #sketchbook #sketches

I’ve not posted much artwork of late, so here are some sketchbook doodles which I first showed at Bologna. This spring I’ve spent a lot...

As has been broadcast loudly over Tweetdom and beyond, this year’s London Book Fair was blighted by the total shut-down of air traffic...

My latest book is now on release. Outside-in, written by Clare Smallman, published by Frances Lincoln in the UK,  is a new edition of a...

The four days of the Book Fair were the usual roller-coaster of ups and downs, hopes, lessons, delights, disappointments, inspirations,...

Back from the delights and inspirations of Bologna. The books, the events, the meetings, the socialising, the food… where to begin? Yes,...

Book Lover I’ll be at Bologna for the Book Fair again this year throughout the week of 22nd-26th March, first helping out with the SCBWI...

Often a doodle can achieve a relaxed spontaneity that can’t be planned or forced. Drawings just grow at their own pace, the mind is...

I’ve not posted any sketches for a while, partly because since moving to London I’ve yet to establish a routine that gives me regular...

A recent book for Charlesbridge publishers in the US, Family Reminders written by Julie Danneberg, has been chosen by the National...

Here are two recent pieces completed for the British Medical Journal. The first, “Aging Tsunami” accompanied a feature about pressures on...

Illustrators owe it to themselves to be dissatisfied, to be unhappy with their work, their situation, their direction. It’s the constant...

Last week’s recent heavy snow across the UK caused transport systems and schools to close, forcing working parents to take time off. My...

Here’s the view as I write across Queen’s Park. School is cancelled for my daughter. No amount of urging on my part can persuade her to...

Wishing everyone a happy and roaringly successful year ahead! #greeting #nengajo