💚 Blake and Sendak: a marriage of minds.

Any budding or budded Rosemary Sutcliff’s out there?

#BookIllustrationOfTheDay is from “Katie and the British Artists” (2008).

A little bit of Constable - here’s Katie exploring (my pastiche of) his “Cornfield” painting.

Emulsion, pastels, inks, gouache etc.

#60for60

I’m very excited to read Vashti Hardy 📚’s new novel out on 9th May. As someone who views AI with some degree of concern, it’s going to be of particular interest to me! Look out for my review for Just Imagine in the next few weeks.

31 daily #NewIllustrationoftheDay images have been posted on my timeline since 19 March, pegged to publication, prizes or events. Happily, every single one has been reposted and multiply liked. But this was liked the most: congrats Britta Teckentrup for the #NewIllustrationoftheMonth .

We have 3 sets of #TheKingdomOverTheSea & #TheCityBeyondTheStars an EPIC duology by Zohra Nabi to #Win
In a world of sorceresses & alchemists, Yara must find her mother's secret magic before EVIL Omair Firaaz does & destroys them all!
RT/Flw by Apr 26
Simon & Schuster Children's Books #WRDMagComp

🥁Drumroll please!!🥁

We have exciting news here at the Children’s Bookshop. To celebrate our 50th anniversary we’re launching a story writing competition for 8-15yos. The winner and runners-up can win fabulous book prizes.

Tell your friends and family!
childrensbookshoplondon.com/competition

WIDDERSHINS means moving counter clockwise; this inversion of the natural order was associated with the devil and witchcraft. Witches delight in flying widdershins around North Berwick church in this image #GothicSpring

The Grimmelings is now up on the Guppy Books website and will be hitting UK bookshops very soon! guppybooks.co.uk/book/the-grimm…

🚨COVER REVEAL🚨
Check out the stunning cover of the final Dread Wood, Terror Tower, coming 26/9/24 for 9+. How will it all end? Are you ready for the final face-off? 📖😱 I can’t wait to read this!
Farshore Jennifer Killick Sarah Sleath 📚

It’s been a day of author visits today!! We had the lovely Penny Chrimes pop in this morning and then the wonderful Dr Chris Laoutaris came in to sign more copies of Shakespeare’s Book, ready for the birthday weekend. Pick up copies of both today 📚

I know it's been all political tweets from me for a while now, but for any Blakeans still following, just wanted to say I'm very much looking forward to this talk.

And it's conveniently after the election, whatever the outcome!

📢 FREE ONLINE SCHOOL EVENT
I can't wait for this! Come and join us talking myths and stories with Mr Dilly
#edutwitter #readingforpleasure
Booking link below 👇

Thanks to everyone who attended our fascinating and inspiring talk with Timothy Morton Timothy Morton and Andy Wilson The Traveller in the Evening last night.
A video of the event is now up at blakesociety.org/product/timoth…

Jesus the Imagination: On taking Blake’s Christianity seriously. Wed 3 July, 7:30 PM, on zoom - Dr Mark Vernon Mark Vernon will consider Blake's Christianity and explore the role of Jesus as the imagination in Blake's works and thinking. Register at blakesociety.org/product/jesus-…

Step through Blake’s Door to Vision, release your unique imagination and realise your vision on the page. On Wed 12 June, at 7:30 PM, Dr Sarah Walton Dr Sarah Walton will lead a Soul Writing workshop on zoom.
More info and link to register (for free) at blakesociety.org/product/soul-w…

모리스 샌닥의 작품 세계에 윌리엄 블레이크가 끼친 영향이라니…여러분. 흥미롭습니다.

Our next event is ‘In the Deserts Wild’: William Blake and Maurice Sendak, Wednesday 8 May, 7:30 PM (UK time), a conversation on zoom between Blake scholar Jason Whittaker and illustrator Tamsin Rosewell.
More info and link to register (for free) at blakesociety.org/product/blake-…

We were thrilled to bring James Mayhew to the Bounce Sales and Marketing ❤️📗 sales conference yesterday to introduce the sales team to his beautiful new book #ASymphonyOfStories publishing this October ! Perfect companion to James’s bestselling #OnceUponATune

My first actual sighting of Florrie in the wild!! 🩷💛 Thank you so much, StratfordWaterstones - especially dear Josie and Lydia. I'm so grateful and happy xx #TheNightInQuestion