It's been a while since my last blog post.. I used to love reading blog posts and forums, if you're reading this, hello! 👋 I wanted to share a lovely project I was lucky to work on last year. I created a black and white illustration titled 'Stargazing' for the Book of Hopes, a collection of stories and illustrations on the theme of hope, edited by Katherine Rundell and published by Bloomsbury in answer to the pandemic, with proceeds going to the NHS Charities Together. The book provides words and pictures to comfort, inspire and entertain children. The ebook is available to read for free on the Literacy Trust website. The Book of Hopes 'Stargazing' I loved working on this illustration, not only as a welcome distraction in a worrying time, but also to find a home for a little character which had been popping up in my sketchbook for a while. I've nicknamed him the 'Snoogaloo'. Here he is in my sketchbook: As you can see in the top picture I've al...

Last month we had a FAB-u-lous party to celebrate the publication of Fabio Flamingo 'The Case of the Missing Hippo' by Laura James (illustrated by myself) We held the party in the super chic Boston Tea Party in Bath and the dress code was 'think pink'... Needless to say, it was a pretty special night! Thank you to everyone who came and made it such a wonderful evening, and to Mr B's Emporium for providing us with all the books. Here they are in all their neon glory And here we are, busy signing away But of course, my biggest thank you goes to Laura and the Bloomsbury team for being so brilliant. Go team Fabio! A few weeks later I popped to Mr B's and painted a Fabio display in the shop window. It was so exciting to see the Fabio books on the shelves "out in the wild"! 😊