Steve May Illustrates Guy Bass Wild West Comedy
The master of chuckles, Guy Bass and the dastardly charming illustrator Steve May are back with another hilarious caper, this time set in the heart of the lawless Wild West!
Chris Garbutt’s PINKY MALINKY on Netflix!
PINKY MALINKY is a banger of a new TV series on Netflix featuring a positive-thinking wiener who lives in the human world, goes to school, sings, dances, inflates like a balloon, and makes hilarious social media videos with his BFFs Babs Buttman and JJ Jameson in tow. Arena illustrator Chris Garbutt was Co-Creator, Executive Producer and Art Director on the series alongside creative Partner Rikke Asbjoern.
Jonny Duddle’s GIGANTOSAURUS – on Disney Channel
The DINO-TASTIC adventures of GIGANTOSAURUS has launched Worldwide on Disney Junior this month.
Graham Carter’s Enchanted Story Garden at Eltham Library
In March 2017 Better, Discover Children’s Story Centre, and Royal Borough of Greenwich were awarded the Arts Council England Libraries Opportunities for Everyone Innovation Fund to deliver a project titled Story Book Play.
How Winston Delivered Christmas by Alex T. Smith
Deck the halls, buff your baubles and whack another batch of mince pies in the oven because we have the most festive of Christmas treats for you! Presenting the MUST HAVE Christmas book of the year, How Winston Delivered Christmas by our very own Alex T Smith , published by Macmillan Children’s Books.
Thomas Flintham’s Press Start WINS Sheffield Children’s Emerging Reads Book Award
We’re thrilled that Thomas Flintham’s fabulously funny Press Start! GAME OVER, Super Rabbit Boy! won the Emerging Reads category of Sheffield Children’s Book Awards 2018. Celebrating its 30th year, and voted for by a team of expert book worms from school libraries across Sheffield, this award celebrates the best of the best.
Arena Welcomes New Illustrator: Matthew Land
We are thrilled to welcome amazing new illustrative talent Matthew Land to the Arena family.
Jonny Duddle’s GIGANTOSAURUS Coming Soon to TV
We're very excited that Jonny Duddle's GIGANTOSAURUS will soon be leaping off the pages of his best-selling book and onto our TV screens. This brand-new preschool series from Cyber Group Studios for Disney Junior had its World Premiere TV Screening this month in Cannes, France at MIPJunior, the World's leading kids entertainment industry event.
Time to Snuggle Up with Kristyna Litten
The latest DFS TV ad features some wonderful new character designs by Kristyna Litten, the ninth advert in the Aardman-designed campaign for the sofa manufacturer. Time to Snuggle Up welcomes in “the Cosy Season” with DFS’s Autumn & Winter collection starring Pumpkin, the little cat and connoisseur of comfort. As burnt orange leaves fall and swirl about her, she peeks through the windows of a terraced street watching people curl up with their family on DFS sofas. This spurs her on to get out of the cold and back into her home to curl up on her very own comfy spot on the sofa.
Kristyna created nine new characters for Time to Snuggle Up but there were many more variations created before the final line-up was decided upon.
Kristyna Litten is represented by Arena Illustration.
Levi Pinfold Illustrates The Dam by David Almond
This month sees the publication of a breath-taking picture book collaboration by a multi-award winning pairing - author David Almond with illustrator Levi Pinfold.